nantissement
French, noun/nɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃/
nantissement is spelled N-A-N-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nantissement is a French masculine noun meaning “pledge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gage, ce qu’on donne à un créancier comme assurance de ce qui lui est dû”.
What does nantissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepledge
- 2
masculinecollateral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gage, ce qu’on donne à un créancier comme assurance de ce qui lui est dû.
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 nantissement
- nantissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nantissement?
- /nɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃/
- \nɑ̃.tis.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 nantissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nantissement in French?
nantissement appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).