préchauffage
French, noun/pʁe.ʃo.faʒ/
préchauffage is spelled P-R-É-C-H-A-U-F-F-A-G-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préchauffage is a French masculine noun meaning “preheating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de préchauffer”.
What does préchauffage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepreheating
- 2
masculinewarming up (of an engine)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de préchauffer. 2. Chauffage d’un four préalable à la cuisson.
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 préchauffage
- préchauffages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préchauffage?
- /pʁe.ʃo.faʒ/
- \pʁe.ʃo.faʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is préchauffage in French?
préchauffage appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).