rancissement
French, noun\ʁɑ̃.sis.mɑ̃\
rancissement is spelled R-A-N-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rancissement is a French masculine noun meaning “rancidity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oxydation des acides gras en acide butyrique et en radicaux libres peroxydes”.
What does rancissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerancidity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oxydation des acides gras en acide butyrique et en radicaux libres peroxydes.
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 rancissement
- rancissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rancissement?
- \ʁɑ̃.sis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rancissement in French?
rancissement appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).