sabordage
French, noun\sa.bɔʁ.daʒ\
sabordage is spelled S-A-B-O-R-D-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sabordage is a French masculine noun meaning “scuttling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de couler volontairement un bateau par l’équipage qui le contrôle”.
What does sabordage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescuttling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de couler volontairement un bateau par l’équipage qui le contrôle.
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 sabordage
- sabordages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sabordage?
- \sa.bɔʁ.daʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sabordage in French?
sabordage appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).