débauchage
French, noun/de.bo.ʃaʒ/
débauchage is spelled D-É-B-A-U-C-H-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débauchage is a French masculine noun meaning “poaching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de débaucher un ouvrier”.
What does débauchage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoaching
- 2
masculinelaying off (of staff)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de débaucher un ouvrier. 2. Incitation à la désertion d'un militaire.
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 débauchage
- débauchages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce débauchage?
- /de.bo.ʃaʒ/
- \de.bo.ʃaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is débauchage in French?
débauchage appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).