nickelage
French, noun/ni.kə.laʒ/
nickelage is spelled N-I-C-K-E-L-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nickelage is a French masculine noun meaning “nickel-plating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Opération par laquelle on recouvre d’une couche de nickel les objets facilement oxydables, comme le cuivre”.
What does nickelage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenickel-plating
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Opération par laquelle on recouvre d’une couche de nickel les objets facilement oxydables, comme le cuivre.
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 nickelage
- nickelages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nickelage?
- /ni.kə.laʒ/
- \ni.kə.laʒ\
- [ni.kə.laʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nickelage in French?
nickelage appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).