"avalement" meaning in French

See avalement in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.val.mɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-avalement.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan) Forms: avalements [plural]
Etymology: From avaler (“to swallow”) + -ment. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|avaler<t:to swallow>|-ment<id:nominal>}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-mentom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-mentum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ment", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-ment", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ment", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "avalement", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="avalement">, {{af|fr|avaler|-ment|id2=nominal|t1=to swallow}} avaler (“to swallow”) + -ment Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} avalement m (plural avalements)
  1. (dated) descent; lowering Tags: dated, masculine
    Sense id: en-avalement-fr-noun-DUXDJlFg Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal) Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 39 14 14 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 39 14 14 33 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal): 44 22 34
  2. act of swallowing Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-avalement-fr-noun-QKMYcojU Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 39 14 14 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 39 14 14 33
  3. (skiing) avalement Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-avalement-fr-noun--hMiPSs3 Categories (other): Skiing, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 39 14 14 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 39 14 14 33 Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 29 18 53 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 20 20 59 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 11 70 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, sports

Inflected forms

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