échouage

French

Etymology

From échouer (“to beach”) +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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Noun

échouage f (plural échouages)

1. beaching, the state of a ship being run aground, or beached, in a voluntary fashion

Further reading

• “échouage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.