French word

ramassage

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁamasaʒ/

Meaning

  • masculine noungarbage pickup

Example

Le ramassage des poubelles a lieu jeudi matin.

Garbage pickup takes place Thursday morning.

Illustration for ramassage (garbage pickup)

More examples

Le ramassage scolaire passe par l'école du quartier.

The school bus service passes by the neighborhood school.

Core concept

People, tools, or a vehicle moving through an area to gather separate items and bring them together.

Common phrases

  • ramassage des poubelles

    trash collection

  • ramassage scolaire

    school bus service

  • ramassage des déchets

    waste collection

Similar words

collecte: An act of bringing together donations, possessions, or refuse.
tri: The task of dividing resources or waste according to type.

Definition in French

Désigne l'action de collecter des éléments dispersés ou le service organisé qui effectue cette collecte.

Word origin

Ramassage is derived from ramasser with -age, while ramasser comes from Old French ramaser, an r-variant related to amasser.

Usage tips

  • In ramassage scolaire, the word refers to an organized school pickup service or route, not just an act of collecting objects.

Other meanings

  • gatheringnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • ramasserpick upverb
  • ramasseurcollection workernoun

Word lists with this word