recalibrage
French, noun\ʁə.ka.li.bʁaʒ\
recalibrage is spelled R-E-C-A-L-I-B-R-A-G-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recalibrage is a French masculine noun meaning “recalibration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de recalibrer, de modifier un calibrage, un réglage ou un gabarit pour l’adapter à de nouvelles…”.
What does recalibrage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerecalibration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de recalibrer, de modifier un calibrage, un réglage ou un gabarit pour l’adapter à de nouvelles mesures, normes ou contraintes. 2. Intervention lourde sur un cours d’eau consistant à modifier son profil en travers, notamment par élargissement ou approfondissement du lit mineur, afin d’augmenter sa capacité hydraulique. 3. Réajustement, réorientation ou modification d’une stratégie, d’une politique, d’un discours ou d’un projet.
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 recalibrage
- recalibrages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recalibrage?
- \ʁə.ka.li.bʁaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recalibrage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recalibrage in French?
recalibrage appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).