ramollissement
French, noun/ʁa.mɔ.lis.mɑ̃/
ramollissement is spelled R-A-M-O-L-L-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ramollissement is a French masculine noun meaning “softening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se ramollir, état de ce qui est ramolli”.
What does ramollissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoftening
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se ramollir, état de ce qui est ramolli.
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 ramollissement
- ramollissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ramollissement?
- /ʁa.mɔ.lis.mɑ̃/
- \ʁa.mɔ.lis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ramollissement in French?
ramollissement appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).