rainurage
French, noun/ʁɛ.ny.ʁaʒ/
rainurage is spelled R-A-I-N-U-R-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rainurage is a French masculine noun meaning “grooving; process of making grooves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rainurer”.
What does rainurage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrooving; process of making grooves
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rainurer. 2. Action de créer une texture sur une chaussée en béton permettant l'écoulement de l'eau et une meilleure adhérence des pneumatiques. 3. Marquage du papier afin de permettre son pliage.
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 rainurage
- rainurages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rainurage?
- /ʁɛ.ny.ʁaʒ/
- /ʁe.ny.ʁaʒ/
- \ʁɛ.ny.ʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rainurage in French?
rainurage appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).