placement
French, noun/plas.mɑ̃/
placement is spelled P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,605th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Placement is a French masculine noun meaning “placement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de placer”.
What does placement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplacement
- 2
masculineinvestment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de placer. 2. Vente ou emploi. 3. Action de placer de l’argent ; argent placé. 4. Opération de la phase d’étude qui consiste à définir l’emplacement de chaque élément d’un circuit.
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 placement
- placements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce placement?
- /plas.mɑ̃/
- \plas.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 placement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is placement in French?
placement appears 10 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).