tapotage
French, noun\ta.pɔ.taʒ\
tapotage is spelled T-A-P-O-T-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written French, the 282,260th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapotage is a French masculine noun meaning “tapotage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Percussion servant à discerner certaines lésions pulmonaires”.
What does tapotage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetapotage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Percussion servant à discerner certaines lésions pulmonaires. 2. Fait de tapoter.
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 tapotage
- tapotages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tapotage?
- \ta.pɔ.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tapotage in French?
tapotage appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).