ramonage
French, noun\ʁa.mɔ.naʒ\
ramonage is spelled R-A-M-O-N-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ramonage is a French masculine noun meaning “chimney-sweeping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de ramoner”.
What does ramonage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechimney-sweeping
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de ramoner. 2. Technique d'escalade en cheminée à l'aide de mouvements d'opposition. 3. Coït vaginal ou anal.
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 ramonage
- ramonages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ramonage?
- \ʁa.mɔ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ramonage in French?
ramonage appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).