basoche
French, noun/ba.zɔʃ/
basoche is spelled B-A-S-O-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basoche is a French feminine noun meaning “the guild of legal clerks of the Paris court system under the pre-revolutionary French monarchy, from among whom legal representatives…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Communauté des clercs de procureurs au parlement, à Paris et dans les provinces de l’ancienne France”.
What does basoche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe guild of legal clerks of the Paris court system under the pre-revolutionary French monarchy, from among whom legal representatives (procureurs) were recruited; basoche
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Communauté des clercs de procureurs au parlement, à Paris et dans les provinces de l’ancienne France. 2. Les gens de justice et du palais.
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 basoche
- basoches plural
- bazoche alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce basoche?
- /ba.zɔʃ/
- \ba.zɔʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is basoche in French?
basoche appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).