pourrissement
French, noun\pu.ʁis.mɑ̃\
pourrissement is spelled P-O-U-R-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pourrissement is a French masculine noun meaning “deterioration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Putréfaction, action de pourrir”.
What does pourrissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeterioration
- 2
masculinedecay
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Putréfaction, action de pourrir. 2. Détérioration le plus souvent volontaire.
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 pourrissement
- pourrissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pourrissement?
- \pu.ʁis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pourrissement in French?
pourrissement appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).