marnage
French, noun/maʁ.naʒ/
marnage is spelled M-A-R-N-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marnage is a French masculine noun meaning “tidal range; rise and fall of the level of a body of water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Opération qui consiste à mêler à la terre arable une certaine quantité de marne pour amender le sol”.
What does marnage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetidal range; rise and fall of the level of a body of water
noun
- 1
masculineaction of improving the quality of land by adding marl
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Opération qui consiste à mêler à la terre arable une certaine quantité de marne pour amender le sol.
noun: 1. Amplitude entre la zone de basse marée et de haute marée définissant l’estran. 2. Différence de hauteur d’eau en un lieu, due à la marée astronomique, entre une pleine mer et une basse mer consécutives.
noun: 1. Variante de maronage.
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 marnage
- marnages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marnage?
- /maʁ.naʒ/
- \maʁ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marnage in French?
marnage appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).