zézaiement
French, noun/ze.zɛ.mɑ̃/
zézaiement is spelled Z-É-Z-A-I-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zézaiement is a French masculine noun meaning “lisp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de zézayer, vice de prononciation par lequel on donne aux sons \ʒ, s\ (j ou s) le son \z\ (z)”.
What does zézaiement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelisp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de zézayer, vice de prononciation par lequel on donne aux sons \ʒ, s\ (j ou s) le son \z\ (z).
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 zézaiement
- zézaiements plural
- zézayement
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zézaiement?
- /ze.zɛ.mɑ̃/
- /ze.ze.mɑ̃/
- \ze.zɛ.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 zézaiement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zézaiement in French?
zézaiement appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).