pelotage
French, noun/pə.lɔ.taʒ/
pelotage is spelled P-E-L-O-T-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelotage is a French masculine noun meaning “petting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mise en pelote”.
What does pelotage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepetting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mise en pelote. 2. Action de peloter, de caresser érotiquement. 3. Action qui consiste à mettre la pâte de savon en forme de petits pains. 4. Flagornerie vis-à-vis d'une personne pour en obtenir les faveurs.
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 pelotage
- pelotages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelotage?
- /pə.lɔ.taʒ/
- \pə.lɔ.taʒ\
- [pə.lɔ.taʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pelotage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelotage in French?
pelotage appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).