fonctionnement
French, noun/fɔ̃k.sjɔn.mɑ̃/
fonctionnement is spelled F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fonctionnement is a French masculine noun meaning “working” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière dont une chose fonctionne”.
What does fonctionnement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineworking
- 2
masculinefunctioning
- 3
masculineoperation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière dont une chose fonctionne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fonctionnement
- fonctionnements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fonctionnement?
- /fɔ̃k.sjɔn.mɑ̃/
- \fɔ̃k.sjɔn.mɑ̃\
- [fɔ̃k.sjɔn.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fonctionnement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fonctionnement in French?
fonctionnement appears 37 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).