matelotage
French, noun/mat.lɔ.taʒ/
matelotage is spelled M-A-T-E-L-O-T-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matelotage is a French masculine noun meaning “seamanship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Solde, salaire du matelot”.
What does matelotage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseamanship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Solde, salaire du matelot. 2. Ensemble des techniques liées au travail du matelot. 3. Association de deux hommes d'équipage. 4. Techniques liées à l'utilisation des cordages et notamment les nœuds.
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 matelotage
- matelotages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matelotage?
- /mat.lɔ.taʒ/
- \ma.tlɔ.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is matelotage in French?
matelotage appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).