fignolage
French, noun/fi.ɲɔ.laʒ/
fignolage is a French masculine noun meaning “tweaking, fine tuning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de fignoler, de rendre parfait quelque chose en soignant les détails”.
What does fignolage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetweaking, fine tuning
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de fignoler, de rendre parfait quelque chose en soignant les détails.
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 fignolage
- fignolages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fignolage?
- /fi.ɲɔ.laʒ/
- \fi.ɲɔ.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fignolage in French?
fignolage appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).