ruissellement
French, noun/ʁɥi.sɛl.mɑ̃/
ruissellement is spelled R-U-I-S-S-E-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruissellement is a French masculine noun meaning “streaming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le fait de ruisseler ; le produit de cette action”.
What does ruissellement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestreaming
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le fait de ruisseler ; le produit de cette action. 2. Action des eaux qui ruissellent à la surface de la terre. 3. Cascade, étalage surabondant. 4. Expression imagée d’une théorie selon laquelle la fortune des plus riches finit par profiter aux couches les plus défavorisées (voir théorie du ruissellement).
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 ruissellement
- ruissellements plural
- ruissèlement alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruissellement?
- /ʁɥi.sɛl.mɑ̃/
- \ʁɥi.sɛl.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 ruissellement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruissellement in French?
ruissellement appears 1.2 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).