culottage
French, noun\ky.lɔ.taʒ\
culottage is spelled C-U-L-O-T-T-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culottage is a French masculine noun meaning “seasoning, adding a fat layer to cookware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de culotter, en parlant d’une pipe, c’est à dire de provoquer la formation d’une couche protectrice et…”.
What does culottage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseasoning, adding a fat layer to cookware
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de culotter, en parlant d’une pipe, c’est à dire de provoquer la formation d’une couche protectrice et odorante dans le foyer. 2. Couche protectrice ainsi formée. 3. Couche de crasse recouvrant une surface quelconque. 4. Action de culotter, en parlant d’un ustensile, c’est à dire de provoquer la formation d’une couche protectrice et antiadhésive à l’intérieur.
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 culottage
- culottages plural
- culotage
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culottage?
- \ky.lɔ.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culottage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culottage in French?
culottage appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).