French word

effeuillage

Pronunciation

IPA/efœjaʒ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounpetal removal

Example

Avant d'offrir les fleurs, elle a procédé à l'effeuillage.

Before presenting the flowers, she removed their petals.

Illustration for effeuillage (petal removal)

More examples

Ils ont fait un effeuillage de fleurs pour s'amuser.

They plucked petals from flowers for fun.

Core concept

A flower losing its petals one by one, with the same gradual removal applied to clothing in a performance.

Common phrases

  • effeuillage de fleurs

    plucking petals from flowers

  • jeu d'effeuillage

    petal-plucking game

  • faire de l'effeuillage

    pluck petals

Similar words

pétale: A single thin part of a flower.
cueillette: The gathering of flowers or fruit by hand.

Definition in French

Action de cueillir ou d'ôter successivement les feuilles ou les pétales d'une plante.

Word origin

Effeuillage is formed from effeuiller with the noun suffix -age, while effeuiller derives from feuille, meaning leaf.

Usage tips

  • Effeuillage is masculine, so the standard article is un effeuillage.

Other meanings

  • leaf strippingnoun

Related words

  • effeuillerpluck petalsverb
  • effeuilléstripped of its petalsadjective

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