raclement
French, noun\ʁɑ.klə.mɑ̃\
raclement is spelled R-A-C-L-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raclement is a French masculine noun meaning “scraping (action and sound), scratching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de racler”.
What does raclement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescraping (action and sound), scratching
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de racler. 2. Bruit d’une chose qui en racle une autre.
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 raclement
- raclements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raclement?
- \ʁɑ.klə.mɑ̃\
- \ʁa.klə.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 raclement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raclement in French?
raclement appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).