grossissement
French, noun/ɡʁo.sis.mɑ̃/
grossissement is spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grossissement is a French masculine noun meaning “magnification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de grossir, de rendre ou de faire paraître gros ou résultat de cette action. Il se dit surtout en…”.
What does grossissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemagnification
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de grossir, de rendre ou de faire paraître gros ou résultat de cette action. Il se dit surtout en parlant des objets vus avec des verres qui grossissent.
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 grossissement
- grossissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grossissement?
- /ɡʁo.sis.mɑ̃/
- \ɡʁo.sis.mɑ̃\
- [ɡʁɔ.sis.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grossissement in French?
grossissement appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).