muselage
French, noun/myz.laʒ/
muselage is spelled M-U-S-E-L-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muselage is a French masculine noun meaning “muzzling (act of placing a muzzle on an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de museler un animal”.
What does muselage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemuzzling (act of placing a muzzle on an animal)
- 2
masculinesilencing (act by which someone is silenced)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de museler un animal. 2. Fait de réduire au silence, d’empêcher de s’exprimer.
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 muselage
- muselages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muselage?
- /myz.laʒ/
- \my.zlaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muselage in French?
muselage appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).