imperméabilisation
French, noun/ɛ̃.pɛʁ.me.a.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃/
imperméabilisation is spelled I-M-P-E-R-M-É-A-B-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (18 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imperméabilisation is a French feminine noun meaning “waterproofing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rendre un matériau, une surface ou un ouvrage imperméable à l’eau (par revêtement, traitement ou…”.
What does imperméabilisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewaterproofing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rendre un matériau, une surface ou un ouvrage imperméable à l’eau (par revêtement, traitement ou conception). 2. Recouvrement ou traitement des sols par des surfaces artificielles (béton, enrobé, dalles, etc.) réduisant fortement l’infiltration et augmentant le ruissellement. 3. Processus par lequel les tissus végétaux limitent les pertes d’eau, notamment via la cuticule (cutinisation) ou la subérisation.
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 imperméabilisation
- imperméabilisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imperméabilisation?
- /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.me.a.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.me.a.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imperméabilisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imperméabilisation in French?
imperméabilisation appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).