French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /de.kʁɔ.ʃaʒ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

décrochage m (plural décrochages)

  1. (aeronautics) stall, loss of lift
  2. (Quebec) the action of dropping out of school prematurely

Usage notes edit

  • The sense dropping out is used mostly of dropouts who give up school at the secondary or CEGEP level without acquiring a professional or higher education.

Further reading edit