raffinage
French, noun/ʁa.fi.naʒ/
raffinage is spelled R-A-F-F-I-N-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raffinage is a French masculine noun meaning “refining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de raffiner”.
What does raffinage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerefining
raffinage du pétrole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de raffiner.
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 raffinage
- raffinages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raffinage?
- /ʁa.fi.naʒ/
- \ʁa.fi.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is raffinage in French?
raffinage appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).