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râlement

French, noun\ʁɑl.mɑ̃\

râlement is a French masculine noun meaning “groan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de râler”.

What does râlement mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegroan

  2. 2

    masculinegrumble

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de râler. 2. Cri de la panthère, du tigre, du daim, du faon.

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 râlement

  • râlements plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce râlement?

  • \ʁɑl.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 râlement

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is râlement in French?

râlement appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).