passementerie
French, noun/pas.mɑ̃.tʁi/
passementerie is spelled P-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T-E-R-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passementerie is a French feminine noun meaning “passementerie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toutes les sortes de passements et autres ornements que l’on emploie pour les vêtements ou l’ameublement”.
What does passementerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepassementerie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Toutes les sortes de passements et autres ornements que l’on emploie pour les vêtements ou l’ameublement. 2. Industrie et commerce de ce genre d’ornements.
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 passementerie
- passementeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passementerie?
- /pas.mɑ̃.tʁi/
- /pɑs.mɑ̃.tʁi/
- \pas.mɑ̃t.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is passementerie in French?
passementerie 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).