abordage
French, noun/a.bɔʁ.daʒ/
abordage is spelled A-B-O-R-D-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abordage is a French masculine noun meaning “the assault on a ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d'aborder ; manœuvre d’un navire pour s’amarrer bord à bord avec un autre afin de le prendre d’assaut”.
What does abordage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe assault on a ship
- 2
masculinecollision, allision
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d'aborder ; manœuvre d’un navire pour s’amarrer bord à bord avec un autre afin de le prendre d’assaut. 2. Collision accidentelle entre deux navires. 3. Fait d’atteindre la côte, le rivage. 4. Rencontre hostile entre deux personnes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abordage
- abordages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abordage?
- /a.bɔʁ.daʒ/
- \a.bɔʁ.daʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abordage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abordage in French?
abordage appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).