appontage
French, noun/a.pɔ̃.taʒ/
appontage is spelled A-P-P-O-N-T-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Appontage is a French masculine noun meaning “landing (of an aircraft on an aircraft carrier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Atterrissage sur un porte-avions”.
What does appontage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelanding (of an aircraft on an aircraft carrier)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Atterrissage sur un porte-avions.
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 appontage
- appontages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce appontage?
- /a.pɔ̃.taʒ/
- \a.pɔ̃.taʒ\
- [a.pɔ̃.taʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is appontage in French?
appontage appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).