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cerclage

French, noun/sɛʁ.klaʒ/

cerclage is spelled C-E-R-C-L-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cerclage is a French masculine noun meaning “rimming; ringing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de cercler ; résultat de cette action”.

What does cerclage mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerimming; ringing

  2. 2

    masculinecerclage

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de cercler ; résultat de cette action. 2. Large pièce qui forme la circonférence d’un cercle. 3. Action de passer une bandelette autour du col de l’utérus pour le maintenir fermé. 4. Jante

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 cerclage

  • cerclages plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cerclage?

  • /sɛʁ.klaʒ/
  • \sɛʁ.klaʒ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cerclage in French?

cerclage appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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