renchérissement
French, noun\ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis.mɑ̃\
renchérissement is spelled R-E-N-C-H-É-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renchérissement is a French masculine noun meaning “inflation (increase in a cost/price)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hausse des prix”.
What does renchérissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinflation (increase in a cost/price)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hausse des prix.
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 renchérissement
- renchérissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce renchérissement?
- \ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is renchérissement in French?
renchérissement appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).