carénage
French, noun/ka.ʁe.naʒ/
carénage is spelled C-A-R-É-N-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 49,558th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carénage is a French masculine noun meaning “careenage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu où l’on répare la carène d’un bâtiment”.
What does carénage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecareenage
- 2
masculinefairing (on an aircraft etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu où l’on répare la carène d’un bâtiment. 2. Action de caréner ou résultat de cette action. 3. Ensemble des éléments extérieurs d'une coque. 4. Carrosserie de certains véhicules permettant de diminuer la résistance à l’air.
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 carénage
- carénages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carénage?
- /ka.ʁe.naʒ/
- \ka.ʁe.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carénage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carénage in French?
carénage appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).