talonnage
French, noun/ta.lɔ.naʒ/
talonnage is spelled T-A-L-O-N-N-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Talonnage is a French masculine noun meaning “tailgating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de talonner, c’est-à-dire de tirer le ballon dans son camp à coups de talon, lors d’une mêlée”.
What does talonnage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetailgating
- 2
masculinebackheeling
- 3
masculinehooking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de talonner, c’est-à-dire de tirer le ballon dans son camp à coups de talon, lors d’une mêlée. 2. Action de se faufiler derrière quelqu'un en le talonnant pour franchir un contrôle d'accès. 3. Action de talonner, c’est-à-dire de toucher le fond de la mer avec le talon de la quille.
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 talonnage
- talonnages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce talonnage?
- /ta.lɔ.naʒ/
- \ta.lɔ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is talonnage in French?
talonnage appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).