foulage
French, noun/fu.laʒ/
foulage is a French masculine noun meaning “pressing, crushing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de fouler ou résultat de cette action”.
What does foulage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepressing, crushing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de fouler ou résultat de cette action. 2. Opération mécanique pour feutrer les laines. 3. Piétinement, dans un fouloir, des raisins pour en extraire le jus. 4. Pour la préparation des vins rouges, éclatement des raisins pour intensifier la coloration du moût avant le pressurage.
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 foulage
- foulages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foulage?
- /fu.laʒ/
- \fu.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is foulage in French?
foulage appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).