ancrage
French, noun/ɑ̃.kʁaʒ/
ancrage is spelled A-N-C-R-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ancrage is a French masculine noun meaning “anchoring (dropping the anchor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de jeter l’ancre, résultat de cette action”.
What does ancrage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanchoring (dropping the anchor)
- 2
masculineanchorage (haven)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de jeter l’ancre, résultat de cette action. 2. Lieu propre et commode pour jeter l’ancre. 3. Lien étroit. 4. Lien fixe entre deux monnaies, avec possibilité de fluctuations très limitées par rapport à un cours central.
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 ancrage
- ancrages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ancrage?
- /ɑ̃.kʁaʒ/
- \ɑ̃.kʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ancrage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ancrage in French?
ancrage appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).