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French
Etymology
From claquer (“to clack”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
claquement m (plural claquements)
- a click or clacking sound; crack
1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:On entendit s’affaiblir par degrés dans l’air le bruit lourd des roues et des pieds des chevaux sur la route pavée de Fontainebleau, le claquement des fouets, le cliquetis des chaînes, et les hurlements du peuple qui souhaitait malheur au voyage des galériens.- You could hear the gradual fading out of the heavy sound of wheels and hooves on the Fontainebleau path, the crack of whips, the jingling of chains, and cries of folk wishing bad luck unto the condemned's journey.
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