tapage
French, noun
tapage is spelled T-A-P-A-G-E (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapage is a French masculine noun meaning “noise (annoying sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tapager. With an accent, tapagé is a different word: “past participle of tapager”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit désordonné, tumultueux”.
What does tapage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenoise (annoying sound)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of tapager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit désordonné, tumultueux. 2. Reproches faits avec bruit ; criailleries. 3. Retentissement, buzz produit par un événement. 4. Emprunt, action de se faire donner ou prêter 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 tapage
- tapages plural
- tapagée feminine
- tapagés masculine plural
- tapagées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tapage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tapage in French?
tapage appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).