pétage
French, noun/pe.taʒ/
pétage is spelled P-É-T-A-G-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétage is a French masculine noun meaning “the act of farting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de péter, de se casser”.
What does pétage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangthe act of farting
- 2
masculineslangthe act of breaking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de péter, de se casser.
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 pétage
- pétages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétage?
- /pe.taʒ/
- \pɛ.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pétage in French?
pétage appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).