plaçage
See also: placage
English
Etymology
From French.
Noun
plaçage (countable and uncountable, plural plaçages)
- a form of marital union, often illegal in nature, found in the Caribbean during the colonial period between a Caucasian man and a woman of mixed races (such as a mulatta or a Creole)
Related terms
- placée
French
Etymology
From placer (“to place”) + -age.
Noun
plaçage m (plural plaçages)
- plaçage
Related terms
- placée
Further reading
- “plaçage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.