dépeçage

French

Etymology

From dépecer +‎ -age.

Noun

dépeçage m (plural dépeçages)

1. chopping up

   Le boucher fit le dépecage d’un bœuf.

2. taking apart, break-up
3. division, separation
4. breaking-up (of old boats)
5. (private international law) the joint application of norms from different legal systems

Further reading

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