badigeonnage
French, noun/ba.di.ʒɔ.naʒ/
badigeonnage is spelled B-A-D-I-G-E-O-N-N-A-G-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Badigeonnage is a French masculine noun meaning “the act or the result of smearing; smear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de badigeonner ou résultat de cette action”.
What does badigeonnage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act or the result of smearing; smear
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de badigeonner ou 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 badigeonnage
- badigeonnages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce badigeonnage?
- /ba.di.ʒɔ.naʒ/
- \ba.di.ʒɔ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is badigeonnage in French?
badigeonnage appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).