amorçage
French, noun/a.mɔʁ.saʒ/
amorçage is spelled A-M-O-R-Ç-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amorçage is a French masculine noun meaning “priming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’amorcer”.
What does amorçage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepriming
- 2
masculinebooting
- 3
masculinesparkover
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’amorcer. 2. Action d'appâter un client. 3. Départ d’un arc électrique. 4. Action d’amorcer : lancement de la séquence d'opérations du démarrage.
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 amorçage
- amorçages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amorçage?
- /a.mɔʁ.saʒ/
- \a.mɔʁ.saʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amorçage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amorçage in French?
amorçage 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).