vêlage

French

Etymology

From vêler +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛ.laʒ/, /ve.laʒ/
Audio (file)

Noun

vêlage m (plural vêlages)

calving (all senses)
- 2015 November 1, “Dans les Alpes, le crépuscule des géants blancs”, in Le Monde‎:
  Le vêlage de blocs de glace peut déclencher d’énormes avalanches.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

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