cirage

From Middle French cirage. By surface analysis, cirer +‎ age.

• IPA^(key): /si.ʁaʒ/

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cirage m (plural cirages)

1. polish (product used to make things shiny)
2. waxing, polishing, wax, polish (act of waxing or polishing)

   Synonyms: astiquage, encaustiquage

3. (slang) stupor, confusion

   être dans le cirage ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   ne pas être sorti du cirage ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “cirage” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “cirage” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “cirage” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “cirage” in languefrancaise.net, Bob, dictionnaire de français argotique, populaire et familier, 2023.
• “cirage” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “cirage” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “cirage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Attested (1557).^[1] cire +‎ -age^[1]

cirage m (plural cirages)

1. waxing, polishing, wax, polish (act of waxing or polishing)

• French: cirage