lynchage
French, noun/lɛ̃.ʃaʒ/
lynchage is spelled L-Y-N-C-H-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lynchage is a French masculine noun meaning “lynching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de lyncher”.
What does lynchage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelynching
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de lyncher. 2. Résultat de cette action. 3. Le fait d’exercer, en réunion, de graves violences verbales ou écrites à l’encontre d’une personne dont on ne partage pas les idées ou considérée comme un bouc émissaire.
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 lynchage
- lynchages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lynchage?
- /lɛ̃.ʃaʒ/
- \lɛ̃.ʃaʒ\
- [lɛ̃.ʃaʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lynchage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lynchage in French?
lynchage appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).