pucelage

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French pucelage, from pucelle. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpjuːsəlɑːʒ/, /ˈpjuːsəlɪdʒ/ === Noun === pucelage (countable and uncountable, plural pucelages) (archaic) Virginity. ==== Related terms ==== depucelage == French == === Etymology === From pucelle +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /py.slaʒ/ === Noun === pucelage m (plural pucelages) (colloquial) virginity Synonym: virginité (figuratively) innocence ==== Related terms ==== dépucelage === Further reading === “pucelage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === pucelaige === Etymology === pucel(e) +‎ -age. === Noun === pucelage oblique singular, m (oblique plural pucelages, nominative singular pucelages, nominative plural pucelage) virginity ==== Descendants ==== → English: pucelage French: pucelage