affinage

/afi.naʒ/
1.
nounmasculine

aging (of cheese or cured products)

maturation

ripening

L'affinage de ce comté prend au moins dix-huit mois.

The aging of this Comté cheese takes at least eighteen months.

2.
nounmasculine

refining

fine-tuning

polishing (of a process, product or settings)

On fait un dernier affinage des réglages avant de lancer le projet.

We're doing a final fine-tuning of the settings before launching the project.