décrochage
French, noun/de.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ/
décrochage is spelled D-É-C-R-O-C-H-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décrochage is a French masculine noun meaning “stall, loss of lift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de décrocher”.
What does décrochage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestall, loss of lift
- 2
masculinethe closing ceremony of an exhibition
- 3
masculinethe act of dropping out from school
- 4
masculinethe sudden loss of grip by a car's tyres
- 5
masculinethe segment of programming during which different regions receive localised programs and/or advertising; regional variation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de décrocher. 2. Dans le monde de la peinture, cérémonie de clôture d’une exposition. 3. Abandon, par un élève ou par un étudiant en difficulté, d’une formation ou d’une qualification avant son terme. 4. Perte brusque de la portance de l’aile d’un avion.
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 décrochage
- décrochages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décrochage?
- /de.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ/
- \de.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ\
- [de.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is décrochage in French?
décrochage appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).