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crénelage

French, noun/kʁen.laʒ/

crénelage is spelled C-R-É-N-E-L-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crénelage is a French masculine noun meaning “crenels (as a whole)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cordon, parfois décoré, fait sur l’épaisseur d’une pièce de monnaie”.

What does crénelage mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecrenels (as a whole)

  2. 2

    masculinealiasing

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Effet visuel indésirable provoqué par l’insuffisance de la définition d’une image ou par un filtrage inadéquat des contours d’objets, et qui prend habituellement la forme de dentelures et de contours brisés.

noun: 1. Cordon, parfois décoré, fait sur l’épaisseur d’une pièce de monnaie. 2. Ensemble des créneaux d'un édifice. 3. Effet visuel caractérisé par la visibilité de motifs en forme d’escalier.

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 crénelage

  • crénelages plural
  • crènelages plural
  • crénelage
  • crènelage

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

How do you pronounce crénelage?

  • /kʁen.laʒ/
  • /kʁɛn.laʒ/
  • \kʁɛ.nə.laʒ\

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

English words that translate to crénelage

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is crénelage in French?

crénelage appears about once in every 45 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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