sillage

English

Noun

sillage (countable and uncountable, plural sillages)

1. Alternative form of silage

Anagrams

• gallies, gallise

French

Etymology

From siller +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.jaʒ/

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Noun

sillage m (plural sillages)

1. wake (the path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)

   dans le sillage de ― in the wake of

2. slipstream
3. the trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume

Further reading

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