rabotage
French, noun\ʁa.bɔ.taʒ\
rabotage is spelled R-A-B-O-T-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rabotage is a French masculine noun meaning “planing, shaving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de raboter ; résultat de cette action”.
What does rabotage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplaning, shaving
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de raboter ; résultat de cette action.
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 rabotage
- rabotages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rabotage?
- \ʁa.bɔ.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rabotage in French?
rabotage appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).