grippage
French, noun\ɡʁi.paʒ\
grippage is spelled G-R-I-P-P-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grippage is a French masculine noun meaning “seizing (up)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de gripper”.
What does grippage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseizing (up)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de gripper. 2. Arrêt dû à un mauvais fonctionnement.
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 grippage
- grippages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grippage?
- \ɡʁi.paʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grippage in French?
grippage appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).