ondoiement
French, noun/ɔ̃.dwa.mɑ̃/
ondoiement is spelled O-N-D-O-I-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ondoiement is a French masculine noun meaning “undulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’ondoyer, de faire des ondes”.
What does ondoiement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineundulation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’ondoyer, de faire des ondes. 2. Versatilité dans les avis ou les façons de faire. 3. Baptême catholique où l’on n’observe que l’essentiel du sacrement, en se réservant de procéder par la suite aux cérémonies qui ont été omises. 4. Sorte de baptême bouddhique.
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 ondoiement
- ondoiements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ondoiement?
- /ɔ̃.dwa.mɑ̃/
- \ɔ̃.dwa.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ondoiement in French?
ondoiement appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).