harcèlement
French, noun/aʁ.sɛl.mɑ̃/
harcèlement is spelled H-A-R-C-È-L-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harcèlement is a French masculine noun meaning “harassment; bullying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tourments occasionnés par d’incessantes poursuites orchestrées, insignifiantes prises isolément”.
What does harcèlement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineharassment; bullying
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tourments occasionnés par d’incessantes poursuites orchestrées, insignifiantes prises isolément. 2. Technique militaire consistant à épuiser l’adversaire par de multiples attaques sporadiques. 3. Critiques et attaques incessantes, et souvent gratuites, sources de stress, d’énervement, de mal-être. 4. Pression exercée de manière constante à l’encontre d’une personne au sein d’une collectivité hiérarchisée.
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 harcèlement
- harcèlements plural
- ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.sɛ.lə.mɑ̃\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce harcèlement?
- /aʁ.sɛl.mɑ̃/
- ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.sɛ.lə.mɑ̃\
- \aʁ.sɛ.lə.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 harcèlement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is harcèlement in French?
harcèlement appears 13 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).