cartonnage
French, noun/kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ/
cartonnage is spelled C-A-R-T-O-N-N-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartonnage is a French masculine noun meaning “a cardboard covering of a parcel for protection during delivery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de cartonner ou résultat de cette action”.
What does cartonnage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea cardboard covering of a parcel for protection during delivery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de cartonner ou résultat de cette action. 2. Boîte en carton mince servant à la protection des marchandises pendant la manutention, le transport et le stockage. 3. Désigne la branche des industries graphiques qui s’occupe de la transformation de différentes variétés de cartons dans le but ci-dessus. 4. Carton
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 cartonnage
- cartonnages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartonnage?
- /kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ/
- \kaʁ.tɔ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cartonnage in French?
cartonnage appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).