affinage

English

Etymology

French

Noun

affinage (uncountable)

1. The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
   • 2007 October 7, Ray Rivera, “Tours Venture Into Forbidden, or Merely Hidden, Territory”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     They learned about affinage, the art of aging cheese to pungent perfection, and toured underground cheese caves at Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village.

Related terms

• affineur

French

Etymology

From affiner +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fi.naʒ/

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Noun

affinage m (plural affinages)

1. affinage
2. (metallurgy) refining

Derived terms

• électroaffinage

Further reading

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