halètement
French, noun/a.lɛt.mɑ̃/
halètement is spelled H-A-L-È-T-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halètement is a French masculine noun meaning “pant; puff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de haleter ou état de celui qui est haletant”.
What does halètement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepant; puff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de haleter ou état de celui qui est haletant. 2. Instabilité de combustion caractérisée par une succession périodique d'extinctions et d'allumages avec une période de l’ordre de la seconde.
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 halètement
- halètements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halètement?
- /a.lɛt.mɑ̃/
- \a.lɛ.tə.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 halètement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is halètement in French?
halètement appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).