rugissement
French, noun/ʁy.ʒis.mɑ̃/
rugissement is spelled R-U-G-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rugissement is a French masculine noun meaning “roar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rugir”.
What does rugissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineroar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rugir.
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 rugissement
- rugissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rugissement?
- /ʁy.ʒis.mɑ̃/
- \ʁy.ʒis.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 rugissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rugissement in French?
rugissement 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).