soutènement
French, noun\su.tɛn.mɑ̃\
soutènement is spelled S-O-U-T-È-N-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soutènement is a French masculine noun meaning “support” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appui ; soutien”.
What does soutènement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesupport
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appui ; soutien.
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 soutènement
- soutènements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soutènement?
- \su.tɛn.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soutènement in French?
soutènement appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).