nage
French, noun
nage is spelled N-A-G-E (4 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nage is a French feminine noun meaning “swimming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of nager. With an accent, nagé is a different word: “past participle of nager”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de nager ; manière de nager”.
What does nage mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswimming
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of nager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de nager ; manière de nager. 2. Manière de se déplacer dans l'eau. 3. Action de ramer. 4. Action de naviguer.
noun: 1. Langue malayo-polynésienne parlée en Indonésie, dans l’île de Florès.
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 nage
- nages plural
- nagée feminine
- nagés masculine plural
- nagées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nage in French?
nage appears 6.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).