agnelage
French, noun/a.ɲə.laʒ/
agnelage is spelled A-G-N-E-L-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agnelage is a French masculine noun meaning “lambing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mise bas des agneaux au printemps, après 5 mois de gestation”.
What does agnelage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelambing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mise bas des agneaux au printemps, après 5 mois de gestation.
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 agnelage
- agnelages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agnelage?
- /a.ɲə.laʒ/
- \a.ɲə.laʒ\
- \aɲ.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is agnelage in French?
agnelage appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).