tarissement
French, noun/ta.ʁis.mɑ̃/
tarissement is spelled T-A-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tarissement is a French masculine noun meaning “drying up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dessèchement, état de ce qui est tari”.
What does tarissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrying up
- 2
masculinedwindling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dessèchement, état de ce qui est tari. 2. Arrêt spontané ou provoqué de la lactation chez les femelles des mammifères. 3. Période pendant laquelle une femelle laitière n'est pas en lactation.
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 tarissement
- tarissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tarissement?
- /ta.ʁis.mɑ̃/
- \ta.ʁis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tarissement in French?
tarissement appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).