tressaillement
French, noun\tʁe.saj.mɑ̃\
tressaillement is spelled T-R-E-S-S-A-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tressaillement is a French masculine noun meaning “shiver, shudder, wince” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Légère agitation, brusque mouvement causé par une émotion vive”.
What does tressaillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshiver, shudder, wince
- 2
masculinequiver, thrill
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Légère agitation, brusque mouvement causé par une émotion vive.
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 tressaillement
- tressaillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tressaillement?
- \tʁe.saj.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 tressaillement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tressaillement in French?
tressaillement appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).