lainage
French, noun/lɛ.naʒ/
lainage is spelled L-A-I-N-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lainage is a French masculine noun meaning “woollens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de tous les objets, vêtements, couvertures, etc., fabriqués avec de la laine”.
What does lainage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewoollens
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de tous les objets, vêtements, couvertures, etc., fabriqués avec de la laine. 2. Toison des moutons. 3. Façon qu’on donnait aux draps de laine pour en faire ressortir le poil, cette opération se faisait avec une lainerie.
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 lainage
- lainages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lainage?
- /lɛ.naʒ/
- /le.naʒ/
- \lɛ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lainage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lainage in French?
lainage 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).