émiettement
French edit
Etymology edit
From émietter (“to crumble”) + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
émiettement m (plural émiettements)
- crumbling (e.g. of bread, forming into crumbs)
- (figuratively) eating away, erosion
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “émiettement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.