siphonnage
French, noun\si.fɔ.naʒ\
siphonnage is spelled S-I-P-H-O-N-N-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Siphonnage is a French masculine noun meaning “siphoning (off)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de siphonner, de puiser un liquide à l’aide de siphons”.
What does siphonnage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesiphoning (off)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de siphonner, de puiser un liquide à l’aide de siphons. 2. Action de siphonner, de vider une société de ses actifs, de soutirer de l’argent.
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 siphonnage
- siphonnages plural
- siphonage
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce siphonnage?
- \si.fɔ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is siphonnage in French?
siphonnage appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).