bidouillage
French, noun/bi.du.jaʒ/
bidouillage is spelled B-I-D-O-U-I-L-L-A-G-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bidouillage is a French masculine noun meaning “tampering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de bidouiller ; son résultat”.
What does bidouillage mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinetampering
- 2
colloquialmasculinebotch, hack
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de bidouiller ; son résultat.
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 bidouillage
- bidouillages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bidouillage?
- /bi.du.jaʒ/
- \bi.du.jaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bidouillage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bidouillage in French?
bidouillage appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).