bichonner
French, verb/bi.ʃɔ.ne/
bichonner is spelled B-I-C-H-O-N-N-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bichonner is a French verb meaning “to attend to a person's appearance and clothing; groom, titivate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parer avec coquetterie, pomponner”.
What does bichonner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to attend to a person's appearance and clothing; groom, titivate
Elle aime bichonner sa petite fille.
- 2
colloquialto groom oneself, primp
Il est ridicule qu'un jeune homme passe une heure à se bichonner.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Parer avec coquetterie, pomponner. 2. Prendre grand soin de. 3. Prendre soin de soi, se parer, se pomponner. 4. Phase ultime de la fabrication d'une chaussure durant laquelle on la cire, la fait briller, pose les lacets et la semelle de propreté.
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 bichonner
- se bichonner infinitive reflexive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction reflexive
- se bichonnant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- bichonné participle past reflexive
- me bichonne first-person indicative present
- te bichonnes indicative present reflexive
- se bichonne indicative present reflexive
- nous bichonnons first-person indicative plural
- vous bichonnez indicative plural present
- se bichonnent indicative plural present
- me bichonnais first-person imperfect indicative
- te bichonnais imperfect indicative reflexive
- se bichonnait imperfect indicative reflexive
- nous bichonnions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous bichonniez imperfect indicative plural
- se bichonnaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bichonner?
- /bi.ʃɔ.ne/
- \bi.ʃɔ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bichonner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bichonner in French?
bichonner appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).