étendage
French, noun/e.tɑ̃.daʒ/
étendage is spelled É-T-E-N-D-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étendage is a French masculine noun meaning “extension (act of extending)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’étendre en vue de faire sécher”.
What does étendage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineextension (act of extending)
- 2
masculineclothesline
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’étendre en vue de faire sécher. 2. Assemblage de cordes tendues horizontalement, sur lesquelles on fait sécher. 3. séchoir à linge. 4. Opération qui se fait sur les laines avant de les employer.
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 étendage
- étendages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étendage?
- /e.tɑ̃.daʒ/
- \e.tɑ̃.daʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is étendage in French?
étendage appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).