bachotage
French, noun/ba.ʃɔ.taʒ/
bachotage is spelled B-A-C-H-O-T-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bachotage is a French masculine noun meaning “piloting a ferry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conduite, navigation d’un bachot”.
What does bachotage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiloting a ferry
- 2
masculinecramming (for an exam)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conduite, navigation d’un bachot.
noun: 1. Préparer de manière intensive un examen ou un concours. 2. Préparer un examen ou un concours en faisant appel à la mémoire au détriment de la compréhension.
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 bachotage
- bachotages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bachotage?
- /ba.ʃɔ.taʒ/
- \ba.ʃɔ.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bachotage in French?
bachotage appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).