aiguillage
French, noun/ɛ.ɡɥi.jaʒ/
aiguillage is spelled A-I-G-U-I-L-L-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aiguillage is a French masculine noun meaning “points; switch; turnout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de faire passer un convoi sur une autre voie”.
What does aiguillage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoints; switch; turnout
- 2
masculineshunting; switching
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de faire passer un convoi sur une autre voie. 2. Appareil de voie constitué de deux lames mobiles (l'aiguille) et d'une partie fixe permettant un changement de voie. 3. Changement d’itinéraire physique ou mental. 4. Dérivation neuronale.
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 aiguillage
- aiguillages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aiguillage?
- /ɛ.ɡɥi.jaʒ/
- /e.ɡɥi.jaʒ/
- \e.ɡɥi.jaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aiguillage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aiguillage in French?
aiguillage appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).