esclavage
French, noun
esclavage is spelled E-S-C-L-A-V-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esclavage is a French masculine noun meaning “slavery (institution or practice of owning human beings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of esclavager. With an accent, esclavagé is a different word: “past participle of esclavager”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État ou condition d’un ou d’une esclave”.
What does esclavage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslavery (institution or practice of owning human beings)
réduire quelqu'un en esclavage
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of esclavager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État ou condition d’un ou d’une esclave. 2. Tout ce qui tient une personne ou un groupe dans une sorte d’assujettissement ou de dépendance. 3. État d’une personne dominée par une passion. 4. Contrainte formelle que quelque chose ou quelqu’un impose.
adjective: 1. Qui est soumis à l'esclavage.
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 esclavage
- esclavages plural
- esclavagée feminine
- esclavagés masculine plural
- esclavagées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to esclavage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esclavage in French?
esclavage appears 13 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).