vallonnement
French, noun\va.lɔn.mɑ̃\
vallonnement is spelled V-A-L-L-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vallonnement is a French masculine noun meaning “undulation (of a terrain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme de terrain naturel ou artificiel, fait de pentes douces et de vallées peu marquées”.
What does vallonnement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineundulation (of a terrain)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forme de terrain naturel ou artificiel, fait de pentes douces et de vallées peu marquées. 2. Création de telles formes ; action de vallonner ou sa résultante.
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 vallonnement
- vallonnements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vallonnement?
- \va.lɔn.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vallonnement in French?
vallonnement appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).