accotement

French

Etymology

From accoter (“support”) +‎ -ment (“-ment, -ing: forming related nouns”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

accotement m (plural accotements)

1. (of roads) hard shoulder, shoulder

Derived terms

• accotement stabilisé
• accotement non stabilisé

Further reading

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