détricotage
French, noun/de.tʁi.kɔ.taʒ/
détricotage is spelled D-É-T-R-I-C-O-T-A-G-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Détricotage is a French masculine noun meaning “the act of unravelling a thread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de détricoter”.
What does détricotage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of unravelling a thread
- 2
masculinethe act of backing out on a promise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de détricoter. 2. Démanteler un décret ou une loi pour en diminuer son impact.
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 détricotage
- détricotages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce détricotage?
- /de.tʁi.kɔ.taʒ/
- \de.tʁi.kɔ.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is détricotage in French?
détricotage appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).