shagreen
sha·green/ʃəˈɡɹiːn/noun, verb
shagreen is spelled S-H-A-G-R-E-E-N: 8 letters and 2 syllables (sha·green). It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shagreen means “An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shagreen is shagreens.
How many letters and syllables are in shagreen?
| Letters | 8: S-H-A-G-R-E-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sha·green |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shagreen?
Shagreen appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce shagreen?
- UK /ʃəˈɡɹiːn/
Shagreen has 2 syllables, split sha·green in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with shagreen?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shagreen from its last stressed vowel (/in/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shagreen
- shagreens plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- chagreen
- shagreening participle, present
- shagreened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shagreen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
On the old lecturn or reading-stand which he used for his heavier tomes, The Testaments of Carnamagos, in its covers of shagreen with hasps of human bone, lay open at the very page which had frightened him so unreasonably with its eldritch
- 2
A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.
verb
- 1
To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shagreen come from?
First use appears c. 1677, an Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری (modern Turkish sağrı). However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, and likely of Germanic origin. Whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).