pincement
French, noun\pɛ̃s.mɑ̃\
pincement is spelled P-I-N-C-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pincement is a French masculine noun meaning “pang, twinge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de pincer ou résultat de cette action”.
What does pincement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepang, twinge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de pincer ou résultat de cette action. 2. Opération qui consiste à couper le sommet d’un bourgeon. 3. Parallélisme des roues sur l'axe longitudinal du véhicule. 4. Mordant inférieur.
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 pincement
- pincements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pincement?
- \pɛ̃s.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pincement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pincement in French?
pincement appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).