pétillement
French, noun/pe.tij.mɑ̃/
pétillement is a French masculine noun meaning “twinkle, sparkle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de pétiller”.
What does pétillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetwinkle, sparkle
- 2
masculinecrackle, crackling
- 3
masculinefizz, bubbling up, bubbling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de pétiller.
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 pétillement
- pétillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétillement?
- /pe.tij.mɑ̃/
- \pe.tij.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pétillement in French?
pétillement appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).