accastillage
French, noun/a.kas.ti.jaʒ/
accastillage is spelled A-C-C-A-S-T-I-L-L-A-G-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accastillage is a French masculine noun meaning “superstructure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie non submergée d’un navire”.
What does accastillage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuperstructure
- 2
masculinetopside
- 3
masculinehardware
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie non submergée d’un navire. 2. Châteaux avant et arrière d'un navire. 3. Accessoires et parties non structurelles d’un bateau. 4. Ensemble des pièces métalliques d'une batterie ou d'une guitare électrique.
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 accastillage
- accastillages plural
- accastellage
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accastillage?
- /a.kas.ti.jaʒ/
- \a.kas.ti.jaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is accastillage in French?
accastillage appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).