tarmac
French, noun/taʁ.mak/
tarmac is spelled T-A-R-M-A-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tarmac is a French masculine noun meaning “tarmac (part of airport)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matériau utilisé à la surface des routes, principalement dans un aéroport”.
What does tarmac mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetarmac (part of airport)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matériau utilisé à la surface des routes, principalement dans un aéroport. 2. Ensemble des zones de circulation et de stationnement des avions, y compris les parkings, à l’exclusion de la piste d’atterrissage. 3. Surface d'atterrissage des appareils sur un porte-avions.
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 tarmac
- tarmacs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tarmac?
- /taʁ.mak/
- \taʁ.mak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tarmac
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tarmac in French?
tarmac appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).