reniflement
French, noun/ʁə.ni.flə.mɑ̃/
reniflement is spelled R-E-N-I-F-L-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reniflement is a French masculine noun meaning “sniff, sniffing; sniffle, snivel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de renifler”.
What does reniflement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesniff, sniffing; sniffle, snivel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de renifler.
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 reniflement
- reniflements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reniflement?
- /ʁə.ni.flə.mɑ̃/
- \ʁə.ni.flə.mɑ̃\
- [ʁə.ni.flə.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 reniflement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reniflement in French?
reniflement appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).