mitage
French, noun\mi.taʒ\
mitage is spelled M-I-T-A-G-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mitage is a French masculine noun meaning “holes caused by clothes moths” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Trous causés par les mites dans les vêtements”.
What does mitage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineholes caused by clothes moths
- 2
masculineurban sprawl, urban scattering
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trous causés par les mites dans les vêtements. 2. Prolifération non maîtrisée de constructions en milieu rural ou périurbain.
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 mitage
- mitages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mitage?
- \mi.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mitage in French?
mitage 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).