doublage

French

Etymology

From doubler +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.blaʒ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

doublage m (plural doublages)

1. (film, sound engineering) dubbing
2. (historical) a penalty by which, on completion of a sentence, a prisoner was required to remain at the penal colony as an employee for a further period of time equivalent to the original sentence

Descendants

• → Arabic: دبلج
• → Brazilian Portuguese: dublagem

See also

• doublure
• double
• doubleur

Further reading

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