capitonnage
French, noun/ka.pi.tɔ.naʒ/
capitonnage is spelled C-A-P-I-T-O-N-N-A-G-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capitonnage is a French masculine noun meaning “padding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de capitonner”.
What does capitonnage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepadding
- 2
masculineupholstery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de capitonner. 2. Substance qui capitonne.
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 capitonnage
- capitonnages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capitonnage?
- /ka.pi.tɔ.naʒ/
- \ka.pi.tɔ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is capitonnage in French?
capitonnage appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).