sulfitage
French, noun\syl.fi.taʒ\
sulfitage is spelled S-U-L-F-I-T-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sulfitage is a French masculine noun meaning “sulfiting / sulphiting (treatment with sulfur dioxide or sulfites)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de sulfiter, traitement d’une substance par le dioxyde de soufre ou par un de ses sels solubles pour…”.
What does sulfitage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesulfiting / sulphiting (treatment with sulfur dioxide or sulfites)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de sulfiter, traitement d’une substance par le dioxyde de soufre ou par un de ses sels solubles pour la purifier ou la décolorer, utilisé en particulier pour la conservation des produits alimentaires.
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 sulfitage
- sulfitages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sulfitage?
- \syl.fi.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sulfitage in French?
sulfitage appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).