frottage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French frotter (“to rub”).
Verb[edit]
frottage (third-person singular simple present frottages, present participle frottaging, simple past and past participle frottaged)
- To rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
- (sexology) To rub parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
Noun[edit]
frottage (countable and uncountable, plural frottages)
- (uncountable, art) A method of making an image by placing a piece of paper against an object and then rubbing over it, usually with a pencil or charcoal.
- (countable, art) An image so made.
- (uncountable, sexology) The practice of rubbing parts of the body against those of another person for sexual stimulation.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (sexology): tribadism
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (sexology): frotteurism
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
art: technique
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art: image
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See also[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
frottage m (plural frottages)
Further reading[edit]
- “frottage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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