amonceler

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French moncel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɔ̃.sle/

Verb

amonceler

1. (reflexive) to build up; to accumulate
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.2.xiii:

     Des pensées inexprimables s'amoncelèrent ainsi en lui toute la journée.

     Inexpressible thoughts built up like this inside him all day long.

2. (transitive, uncommon) to pile up

Further reading

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