alourdissement

French

Etymology

From alourdir (“to weigh down”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

alourdissement m (plural alourdissements)

1. weighing down (act of weighing down)

Further reading

• “alourdissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.