maculage
French, noun\ma.ky.laʒ\
maculage is spelled M-A-C-U-L-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maculage is a French masculine noun meaning “marking; spoiling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de maculer”.
What does maculage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarking; spoiling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de maculer. 2. Ensemble des efflorescences blanchâtres que l'on trouve à la surface du béton, elles sont dues à la carbonatation (migration des carbonates insolubles vers la surface par temps froid). 3. État d'une chose maculée.
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 maculage
- maculages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maculage?
- \ma.ky.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maculage in French?
maculage appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).