ferrage
French, noun/fɛ.ʁaʒ/
ferrage is spelled F-E-R-R-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferrage is a French masculine noun meaning “shoeing (of a horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de ferrer un cheval”.
What does ferrage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshoeing (of a horse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de ferrer un cheval. 2. Action de garnir de fer une roue, un lacet. 3. Assemblage par soudure de pièces de tôle embouties.
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 ferrage
- ferrages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferrage?
- /fɛ.ʁaʒ/
- /fe.ʁaʒ/
- \fɛ.ʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ferrage in French?
ferrage appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).