toussotement
French, noun\tu.sɔt.mɑ̃\
toussotement is spelled T-O-U-S-S-O-T-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toussotement is a French masculine noun meaning “splutter, light cough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de toussoter”.
What does toussotement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesplutter, light cough
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de toussoter.
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 toussotement
- toussotements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce toussotement?
- \tu.sɔt.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is toussotement in French?
toussotement appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).