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affiche

French, noun

affiche is spelled A-F-F-I-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written French, the 2,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affiche is a French feminine noun meaning “poster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of afficher. With an accent, affiché is a different word: “past participle of afficher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Feuille souple ou rigide affichant un message, ou une image, imprimé ou écrit que l’on applique contre les…”.

What does affiche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineposter

  2. 2

    feminineplacard

  3. 3

    femininesign

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as affiché
  1. 1

    past participle of afficher

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Feuille souple ou rigide affichant un message, ou une image, imprimé ou écrit que l’on applique contre les murs pour donner connaissance au public de quelque chose. 2. Ensemble des artistes ou spectacles programmés dans un lieu ou lors d’un événement culturel. 3. Action d'afficher (au sens figuré).

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of affiche

  • affiches plural
  • affichée feminine
  • affichés masculine plural
  • affichées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to affiche

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is affiche in French?

affiche appears 34 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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