French word

ragréage

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁagʁeaʒ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounfloor leveling

Example

Nous faisons le ragréage avant de poser le carrelage.

We are leveling the floor before laying the tiles.

Illustration for ragréage (floor leveling)

More examples

J'ai appelé un artisan pour faire le ragréage du salon.

I called a contractor to level the living room floor.

Core concept

A smoothing layer that makes a rough floor or wall even enough to receive its final covering.

Similar words

travaux: General building or renovation work.
rénovation: Construction work that restores and modernizes an old building or area.
carrelage: Floor or wall tiling.
préparation: Preparatory work that makes a place or surface ready for construction.

Definition in French

Travail visant à aplanir et lisser un support (sol ou mur) par application d'un mortier ou d'un produit de ragréage avant la pose d'un revêtement.

Word origin

The noun comes from the French verb ragréer plus the suffix -age, which forms nouns for actions or processes.

Usage tips

  • Ragréage is masculine, so standard usage has le ragréage and faire le ragréage.

Opposites

Related words

  • ragréerlevelverb

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