transbordement
French, noun/tʁɑ̃s.bɔʁ.də.mɑ̃/
transbordement is spelled T-R-A-N-S-B-O-R-D-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transbordement is a French masculine noun meaning “transshipment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de transborder”.
What does transbordement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetransshipment
- 2
masculineferrying
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de transborder. 2. Action de transférer un chargement d'un navire à un autre, éventuellement avec mise à quai intermédiaire.
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 transbordement
- transbordements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transbordement?
- /tʁɑ̃s.bɔʁ.də.mɑ̃/
- \tʁɑ̃s.bɔʁ.də.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is transbordement in French?
transbordement appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).