raccourcissement
French, noun/ʁa.kuʁ.sis.mɑ̃/
raccourcissement is spelled R-A-C-C-O-U-R-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,824th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raccourcissement is a French masculine noun meaning “shortening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de raccourcir ; résultat de cette action”.
What does raccourcissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshortening
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de raccourcir ; 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 raccourcissement
- raccourcissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raccourcissement?
- /ʁa.kuʁ.sis.mɑ̃/
- \ʁa.kuʁ.sis.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 raccourcissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raccourcissement in French?
raccourcissement 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).