frétillement
French, noun\fʁe.tij.mɑ̃\
frétillement is spelled F-R-É-T-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frétillement is a French masculine noun meaning “wriggling, especially of an animal or of waves of light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement de ce qui frétille”.
What does frétillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewriggling, especially of an animal or of waves of light
Luis était médusé par le frétillement du ver.
- 2
masculinethe wagging of a tail
Le frétillement de la queue d'un chien est un bon signe.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement de ce qui frétille.
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 frétillement
- frétillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frétillement?
- \fʁe.tij.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frétillement in French?
frétillement appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).