levurage
French, noun/lə.vy.ʁaʒ/
levurage is spelled L-E-V-U-R-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Levurage is a French masculine noun meaning “the introduction of yeast to start the fermentation process in winemaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étape de la vinification et du brassage consistant à levurer le moût, l’ensemencer de levures afin de…”.
What does levurage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe introduction of yeast to start the fermentation process in winemaking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étape de la vinification et du brassage consistant à levurer le moût, l’ensemencer de levures afin de provoquer sa fermentation alcoolique et de prévenir sa madérisation.
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 levurage
- levurages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce levurage?
- /lə.vy.ʁaʒ/
- \lə.vy.ʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is levurage in French?
levurage appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).