rafistolage
French, noun/ʁa.fis.tɔ.laʒ/
rafistolage is spelled R-A-F-I-S-T-O-L-A-G-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rafistolage is a French masculine noun meaning “bodge, patching up (makeshift repair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rafistoler ou résultat de cette action”.
What does rafistolage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebodge, patching up (makeshift repair)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rafistoler ou 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 rafistolage
- rafistolages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rafistolage?
- /ʁa.fis.tɔ.laʒ/
- \ʁa.fis.tɔ.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rafistolage in French?
rafistolage appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).