pâmoison
French, noun/pa.mwa.zɔ̃/
pâmoison is spelled P-Â-M-O-I-S-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pâmoison is a French feminine noun meaning “swoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se pâmer, évanouissement, syncope”.
What does pâmoison mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswoon
tomber en pâmoison
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se pâmer, évanouissement, syncope. 2. État de bien-être que l’on ressent d’une sensation ou d’une émotion intense.
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 pâmoison
- pâmoisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pâmoison?
- /pa.mwa.zɔ̃/
- /pɑ.mwa.zɔ̃/
- \pɑ.mwa.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pâmoison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pâmoison in French?
pâmoison appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).