lavage
French, noun/la.vaʒ/
lavage is a French masculine noun meaning “washing (act of washing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de laver”.
What does lavage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewashing (act of washing)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de laver. 2. Action de nettoyer. 3. Nettoyage d’un organe au moyen d’irrigations. 4. Opération qui consiste à laver le minerai pour séparer de la partie terreuse et pierreuse la partie propre à être fondue.
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 lavage
- lavages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lavage?
- /la.vaʒ/
- \la.vaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lavage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lavage in French?
lavage appears 5.0 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).