bariolage
French, noun/ba.ʁjɔ.laʒ/
bariolage is spelled B-A-R-I-O-L-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bariolage is a French masculine noun meaning “a strange medley of colours” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de barioler ou résultat de cette action”.
What does bariolage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea strange medley of colours
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de barioler ou résultat de cette action. 2. Assemblage d’éléments sans unité ni harmonie. 3. Action de jouer des notes successives sur plusieurs cordes adjacentes d’un instrument à cordes frottées, résultant en des accords arpégés.
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 bariolage
- bariolages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bariolage?
- /ba.ʁjɔ.laʒ/
- \ba.ʁjɔ.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bariolage in French?
bariolage appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).