engouement

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engouement

\ɑ̃.ɡu.mɑ̃\

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Dérivé de engouer, avec le suffixe -ment.

noun engouements · engoûment

Action de s’engouer ou résultat de cette action. La popularité du prince Louis-Napoléon leur parut un engouement passager de la foule dont on aurait facilement raison.

Opposite: désengouement

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noun

Opposite: désengouement

In English

craze temporary passion
infatuation The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatua

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@misc{engouement_2026,
  title = {engouement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/engouement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}