ronflement
French, noun/ʁɔ̃.flə.mɑ̃/
ronflement is spelled R-O-N-F-L-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ronflement is a French masculine noun meaning “snoring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit qu’on fait en ronflant”.
What does ronflement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesnoring
- 2
masculinesnore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit qu’on fait en ronflant. 2. Se dit de certains bruits qui ont quelque rapport avec le ronflement d’un homme. 3. Phénomène sonore transitoire, d’une fréquence de quelques dizaines de hertz, qui correspond à l’oscillation de la pression de combustion dans un moteur à ergols liquides en phase d’extinction.
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 ronflement
- ronflements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ronflement?
- /ʁɔ̃.flə.mɑ̃/
- \ʁɔ̃.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 ronflement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ronflement in French?
ronflement 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).