vagissement
French, noun/va.ʒis.mɑ̃/
vagissement is a French masculine noun meaning “cry; wail; howl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cri des nouveau-nés, des bébés”.
What does vagissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecry; wail; howl
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cri des nouveau-nés, des bébés. 2. Cri du crocodile et du lièvre. 3. Manifestations de quelque chose qui vient de voir le jour, balbutiement.
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 vagissement
- vagissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vagissement?
- /va.ʒis.mɑ̃/
- \va.ʒis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vagissement in French?
vagissement appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).