aiguisage
French, noun/ɛ.ɡɥi.zaʒ/
aiguisage is spelled A-I-G-U-I-S-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aiguisage is a French masculine noun meaning “sharpening, honing, whetting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’aiguiser ; résultat de cette action”.
What does aiguisage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesharpening, honing, whetting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’aiguiser ; résultat de cette action.
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 aiguisage
- aiguisages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aiguisage?
- /ɛ.ɡɥi.zaʒ/
- /e.ɡɥi.zaʒ/
- \ɛ.ɡi.zaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aiguisage in French?
aiguisage appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).