ferroutage
French, noun\fɛ.ʁu.taʒ\
ferroutage is spelled F-E-R-R-O-U-T-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferroutage is a French masculine noun meaning “piggyback transportation (of a lorry on a train)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ferroutage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiggyback transportation (of a lorry on a train)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Transport intermodal de marchandises, utilisant des véhicules routiers acheminés sur des wagons.
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 ferroutage
- ferroutages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferroutage?
- \fɛ.ʁu.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ferroutage in French?
ferroutage appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).