platelage
French, noun\pla.tə.laʒ\
platelage is spelled P-L-A-T-E-L-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Platelage is a French masculine noun meaning “decking, deck (horizontal surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Construction d'un plateau ou d’une large surface horizontale”.
What does platelage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedecking, deck (horizontal surface)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Construction d'un plateau ou d’une large surface horizontale. 2. Cette construction achevée. 3. Tôle destinée à soutenir le blindage d’un navire. 4. Structure métallique, située dans la partie inférieure de la cuve d’un réacteur rapide refroidi au sodium, qui supporte le sommier et le cœur.
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 platelage
- platelages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce platelage?
- \pla.tə.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is platelage in French?
platelage appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).