vidange
See also: vidangé
French edit
Etymology edit
From vider (“to void, to empty”) + -ange.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vidange f (plural vidanges)
- an act of emptying
- oil change (the emptying and replacing of engine oil in a vehicle)
- (Quebec) garbage, trash
- On est mercredi, il faut sortir les vidanges.
- It's Wednesday; we have to take the garbage out.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “vidange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.