formage
French, noun/fɔʁ.maʒ/
formage is a French masculine noun meaning “forming (metalworking)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de former (donner une forme à un objet), par exemple dans le cas de la fabrication de plumes…”.
What does formage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforming (metalworking)
noun
- 1
masculineLouisiana form of fromage (“cheese”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de former (donner une forme à un objet), par exemple dans le cas de la fabrication de plumes métalliques.
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 formage
- formages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formage?
- /fɔʁ.maʒ/
- \fɔʁ.maʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is formage in French?
formage appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).