haussement
French, noun/os.mɑ̃/
haussement is spelled H-A-U-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 64,346th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haussement is a French masculine noun meaning “shrug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de hausser quelque chose”.
What does haussement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshrug
- 2
masculineraising of the eyebrows
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de hausser quelque chose. 2. Mouvement qu’on fait des épaules, pour marquer de l’indignation ou du mépris.
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 haussement
- haussements plural
- ^((h aspiré))\os.mɑ̃\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haussement?
- /os.mɑ̃/
- ^((h aspiré))\os.mɑ̃\
- ^((h aspiré))\ˈos.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is haussement in French?
haussement appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).