abêtissement
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From abêtir (“to render dim-witted”) + -ment.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /a.bɛ.tis.mɑ̃/, /a.be.tis.mɑ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: abêtissements
Noun[edit]
abêtissement m (plural abêtissements)
- Process or result of slowly rendering dim-witted and foolish
Further reading[edit]
- “abêtissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.