battage
French, noun/ba.taʒ/
battage is spelled B-A-T-T-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Battage is a French masculine noun meaning “hype, publicity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de battre les céréales, certains légumes ou certaines légumineuses pour séparer les tiges de la graine”.
What does battage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehype, publicity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de battre les céréales, certains légumes ou certaines légumineuses pour séparer les tiges de la graine. 2. Opération de préparation de produits manufacturés, consistant à les battre. 3. Action de battre la crème pour la convertir en beurre. 4. Action de battre des pieux ou des palplanches pour les enfoncer.
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 battage
- battages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce battage?
- /ba.taʒ/
- \ba.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to battage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is battage in French?
battage appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).