rapprochement
French, noun/ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃/
rapprochement is spelled R-A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rapprochement is a French masculine noun meaning “act or process of getting closer, nearer together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rapprocher des objets ou des personnes ; résultat de cette action”.
What does rapprochement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineact or process of getting closer, nearer together
- 2
masculinelink (between two things)
faire le rapprochement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rapprocher des objets ou des personnes ; résultat de cette action. 2. Accommodement entre parties adverses. 3. Réunion d’idées ou de faits, de manière qu’ils s’éclairent l’un par l’autre, ou qu’on en fasse plus aisément la comparaison. 4. Résultat de cette action.
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 rapprochement
- rapprochements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rapprochement?
- /ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃/
- \ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃\
- [ʁa.pʁɔʃ.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 rapprochement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rapprochement in French?
rapprochement appears 10 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).