fuselage
French, noun/fyz.laʒ/
fuselage is spelled F-U-S-E-L-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fuselage is a French masculine noun meaning “fuselage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caisson à ossature métallique, en forme de fuseau, constituant le corps des avions et portant les ailes, les…”.
What does fuselage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefuselage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caisson à ossature métallique, en forme de fuseau, constituant le corps des avions et portant les ailes, les organes de stabilisation, de direction et de manœuvre, les appareils de navigation, les réservoirs, l’armement, et abritant le pilote et les passagers. 2. Carapace métallique d’un véhicule de transport en forme de fuseau.
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 fuselage
- fuselages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fuselage?
- /fyz.laʒ/
- \fyz.laʒ\
- [ɛ̃.fyz.laʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fuselage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fuselage in French?
fuselage appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).