barrage
French, noun/ba.ʁaʒ/
barrage is spelled B-A-R-R-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barrage is a French masculine noun meaning “dam, barrage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Barrière qui ferme un chemin”.
What does barrage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedam, barrage
- 2
masculinebarrier, roadblock
- 3
masculineplayoff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Barrière qui ferme un chemin. 2. Constructions qui opposent un obstacle à un cours d’eau et qui ont pour objet de retenir l’eau, d’en élever le niveau, d’empêcher les inondations, d’obtenir une force motrice ou comme réserve pour l'irrigation et la consommation humaine. 3. Rochers qui barrent une rivière. 4. Obstacle imprévu. Opposition déterminée, concertée, en vue d’empêcher quelque chose.
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 barrage
- barrages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barrage?
- /ba.ʁaʒ/
- /bɑ.ʁaʒ/
- \bɑ.ʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barrage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barrage in French?
barrage appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).