soubassement
French, noun/su.bas.mɑ̃/
soubassement is spelled S-O-U-B-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soubassement is a French masculine noun meaning “base, underpinning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie inférieure d’une construction sur laquelle porte l’édifice et qui porte elle-même sur les fondations”.
What does soubassement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebase, underpinning
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie inférieure d’une construction sur laquelle porte l’édifice et qui porte elle-même sur les fondations. 2. Socle rocheux sur lequel reposent les couches de terrain. 3. Base, fondement, socle.
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 soubassement
- soubassements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soubassement?
- /su.bas.mɑ̃/
- \su.bas.mɑ̃\
- [su.bas.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 soubassement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soubassement in French?
soubassement appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).