fichage
French, noun/fi.ʃaʒ/
fichage is spelled F-I-C-H-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fichage is a French masculine noun meaning “filing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de ficher, dans un sol par exemple”.
What does fichage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefiling
- 2
masculinesurveillance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de ficher, dans un sol par exemple. 2. Mise en fiches. Action de recueillir et de stocker des renseignements sur des personnes, que ce soit sur des fiches cartonnées (traditionnellement) ou informatiquement. Stockage et archivage de données informatiques. 3. Surveillance.
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 fichage
- fichages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fichage?
- /fi.ʃaʒ/
- \fi.ʃaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fichage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fichage in French?
fichage appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).