patinage
French, noun/pa.ti.naʒ/
patinage is spelled P-A-T-I-N-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patinage is a French masculine noun meaning “ice-skating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sport qui consiste à glisser avec des patins sur la glace, sur un sol uni”.
What does patinage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineice-skating
- 2
masculineroller skating
- 3
masculineloss of traction (of a motor vehicle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport qui consiste à glisser avec des patins sur la glace, sur un sol uni. 2. Perte de traction de la part des roues d’un véhicule motorisé.
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 patinage
- patinages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patinage?
- /pa.ti.naʒ/
- \pa.ti.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patinage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patinage in French?
patinage appears 3.1 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).