essuyage
French, noun/e.sɥi.jaʒ/
essuyage is spelled E-S-S-U-Y-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Essuyage is a French masculine noun meaning “wipe; wiping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’essuyer”.
What does essuyage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewipe; wiping
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’essuyer. 2. Prélèvement d’une trace d’ADN sur une scène de crime.
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 essuyage
- essuyages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce essuyage?
- /e.sɥi.jaʒ/
- \e.sɥi.jaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is essuyage in French?
essuyage appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).