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pivotement

French, noun\pi.vɔt.mɑ̃\

pivotement is spelled P-I-V-O-T-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pivotement is a French masculine noun meaning “pivot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de pivoter”.

What does pivotement mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepivot

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de pivoter. 2. Résultat de cette action.

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 pivotement

  • pivotements plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pivotement?

  • \pi.vɔt.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 pivotement

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pivotement in French?

pivotement appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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