élevage
French, noun/el.vaʒ/
élevage is spelled É-L-E-V-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,118th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élevage is a French masculine noun meaning “livestock farming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’élever les animaux domestiques”.
What does élevage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelivestock farming
- 2
masculinefarm
- 3
masculinestock (of animals)
- 4
masculinematuring (of wine, in barrels)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’élever les animaux domestiques. 2. Troupeau de ces animaux domestiques. 3. Les bâtiments où loge ce troupeau. 4. Ensemble des techniques et des bonnes pratiques de la production d’animaux.
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 élevage
- élevages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élevage?
- /el.vaʒ/
- /ɛl.vaʒ/
- \ɛl.vaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élevage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élevage in French?
élevage appears 14 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).