cintrage
French, noun/sɛ̃.tʁaʒ/
cintrage is a French masculine noun meaning “centering (temporary support to an arch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Opération qui consiste à donner à des pièces de bois, de fer, etc., la forme d’un cintre”.
What does cintrage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentering (temporary support to an arch)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Opération qui consiste à donner à des pièces de bois, de fer, etc., la forme d’un cintre.
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 cintrage
- cintrages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cintrage?
- /sɛ̃.tʁaʒ/
- \sɛ̃.tʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cintrage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cintrage in French?
cintrage appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).