calage
French, noun/ka.laʒ/
calage is spelled C-A-L-A-G-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calage is a French masculine noun meaning “timing (of an engine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de caler”.
What does calage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetiming (of an engine)
- 2
masculinesynchronization
- 3
masculineadjustment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de caler. 2. Ensemble des opérations de mise en place relative sur la machine de la forme d’impression et du support d’impression, afin notamment d’obtenir un repérage satisfaisant.
noun: 1. Réglage précis et soigné d’un appareil. 2. Utilisation d’une cale pour soutenir un objet tout en l’empêchant de basculer.
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 calage
- calages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calage?
- /ka.laʒ/
- \ka.laʒ\
- [ka.laʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calage in French?
calage appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).