abêtissement
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.