plaçage

See also: placage

English

Etymology

From French.

Noun

plaçage (countable and uncountable, plural plaçages)

1. a form of marital union, often illegal in nature, found in the Caribbean during the colonial period between a Caucasian man and a woman of mixed races (such as a mulatta or a Creole)

Related terms

• placée

French

Etymology

From placer (“to place”) +‎ -age.

Noun

plaçage m (plural plaçages)

1. plaçage

Related terms

• placée

Further reading

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