affinage

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French affinage.

Pronunciation

Noun

affinage (uncountable)

  1. The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
    • 2007 October 7, Ray Rivera, “Tours Venture Into Forbidden, or Merely Hidden, Territory”, in New York Times‎:
      They learned about affinage, the art of aging cheese to pungent perfection, and toured underground cheese caves at Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village.

French

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Etymology

From affiner +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

Noun

affinage m (plural affinages)

  1. affinage
  2. (metallurgy) refining

Derived terms

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