raffinement
French, noun/ʁa.fin.mɑ̃/
raffinement is spelled R-A-F-F-I-N-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raffinement is a French masculine noun meaning “refinement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Extrême subtilité ; délicatesse particulière”.
What does raffinement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerefinement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extrême subtilité ; délicatesse particulière. 2. Excès de recherche que l’on met en certaines actions, en certaines habitudes de la vie. 3. Choses raffinées.
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 raffinement
- raffinements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raffinement?
- /ʁa.fin.mɑ̃/
- \ʁa.fin.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 raffinement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raffinement in French?
raffinement appears 1.5 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).