corroyage
French, noun
corroyage is spelled C-O-R-R-O-Y-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corroyage is a French masculine noun meaning “currying (of leather etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des opérations par lesquelles le cuir tanné est amené à l'état de cuir fini”.
What does corroyage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurrying (of leather etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des opérations par lesquelles le cuir tanné est amené à l'état de cuir fini. 2. Réunion de plusieurs barres de métal qui doivent être soumises à un nouvel étirage. 3. Concassage du sable qui sera utilisé pour garnir les moules. 4. Dégrossissage extérieur d'une pièce de bois sciée pour en ôter la superficie grossière.
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 corroyage
- corroyages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corroyage?
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is corroyage in French?
corroyage appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).