hennissement
French, noun/ɛ.nis.mɑ̃/
hennissement is spelled H-E-N-N-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hennissement is a French masculine noun meaning “neigh (the cry of a horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le cri particulier du cheval ou du zèbre”.
What does hennissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneigh (the cry of a horse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le cri particulier du cheval ou du zèbre. 2. Bruit qui y ressemble.
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 hennissement
- hennissements plural
- ^((h aspiré))\e.nis.mɑ̃\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hennissement?
- /ɛ.nis.mɑ̃/
- /e.nis.mɑ̃/
- /a.nis.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 hennissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hennissement in French?
hennissement appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).