péage

Via Provençal pezatge, from Medieval Latin pedāticum (found in medieval charters), from Latin pedem (“foot”). Alternatively a very old derivation of Old French pied (cf. the medieval forms paage, peage). Unrelated to the verb payer (“to pay”).

• IPA^(key): /pe.aʒ/

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péage m (plural péages)

1. (transport) toll, payment
2. (transport) toll booth
3. (Internet) paywall

• péager

• “péage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• péage on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr