affaissement

French

Etymology

From affaisser (“to collapse; to subside”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

affaissement m (plural affaissements)

1. collapse, cave-in
2. subsidence

Further reading

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