boisage
French, noun/bwa.zaʒ/
boisage is spelled B-O-I-S-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boisage is a French masculine noun meaning “timbering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de boiser”.
What does boisage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetimbering
- 2
masculinethe timber trade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de boiser. 2. Ensemble des étais en bois qui soutiennent les galeries de mines et des fouilles. 3. Technique de menuiserie destinée à retenir les terres lors du creusement de tranchées ou de galeries de mine. 4. Décoration intérieure des murs et plafonds d’une pièce d’habitation en les recouvrant de bois.
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 boisage
- boisages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boisage?
- /bwa.zaʒ/
- \bwɑ.zaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is boisage in French?
boisage appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).