pavoisement
French, noun\pa.vwaz.mɑ̃\
pavoisement is spelled P-A-V-O-I-S-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pavoisement is a French masculine noun meaning “bunting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de pavoiser ou résultat de cette action, notamment en marine”.
What does pavoisement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebunting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de pavoiser ou résultat de cette action, notamment en marine.
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 pavoisement
- pavoisements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pavoisement?
- \pa.vwaz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pavoisement in French?
pavoisement appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).