ouillage
French, noun/u.jaʒ/
ouillage is spelled O-U-I-L-L-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouillage is a French masculine noun meaning “ullage (topping up)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remise à niveau par ajout de vin dans une barrique de vinification pour éviter l’oxydation de la surface”.
What does ouillage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineullage (topping up)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Remise à niveau par ajout de vin dans une barrique de vinification pour éviter l’oxydation de la surface. 2. Action destinée à maintenir constant, par additions successives, le niveau des ergols volatils contenus dans les réservoirs d’un lanceur, jusqu’au décollage de celui-ci.
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 ouillage
- ouillages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouillage?
- /u.jaʒ/
- \u.jaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ouillage in French?
ouillage appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).