dévissage
French, noun\de.vi.saʒ\
dévissage is spelled D-É-V-I-S-S-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dévissage is a French masculine noun meaning “unscrewing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dévisser”.
What does dévissage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunscrewing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dévisser. 2. Opération de désolidarisation des éléments formant un train de tiges.
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 dévissage
- dévissages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dévissage?
- \de.vi.saʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dévissage in French?
dévissage appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).