affinage

French

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.

• affineur

From affiner +‎ -age

• IPA^(key): /a.fi.naʒ/

affinage m (plural affinages)

1. affinage
2. (metallurgy) refining

• électroaffinage

• “affinage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).