balivage
French, noun/ba.li.vaʒ/
balivage is spelled B-A-L-I-V-A-G-E (8 letters). Balivage is a French masculine noun meaning “staddling (marking of saplings to remain when thinning a forest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Choix, marque et compte des baliveaux qui doivent être conservés dans les coupes”.
What does balivage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestaddling (marking of saplings to remain when thinning a forest)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Choix, marque et compte des baliveaux qui doivent être conservés dans les coupes.
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 balivage
- balivages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balivage?
- /ba.li.vaʒ/
- \ba.li.vaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.