peignage
French, noun\pɛ.ɲaʒ\
peignage is spelled P-E-I-G-N-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peignage is a French masculine noun meaning “combing (of wool or other fibre)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de peigner la laine, le chanvre, le lin, etc., avant le filage. Usine pratiquant cette activité”.
What does peignage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecombing (of wool or other fibre)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de peigner la laine, le chanvre, le lin, etc., avant le filage. Usine pratiquant cette activité.
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 peignage
- peignages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peignage?
- \pɛ.ɲaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is peignage in French?
peignage appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).