cinglage
French, noun\sɛ̃.ɡlaʒ\
cinglage is spelled C-I-N-G-L-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cinglage is a French masculine noun meaning “shingling (in iron making)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de cingler le fer”.
What does cinglage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshingling (in iron making)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de cingler le fer. 2. Synonyme de sillage
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 cinglage
- cinglages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cinglage?
- \sɛ̃.ɡlaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cinglage in French?
cinglage appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).