bissêtre
French, noun\bi.sɛtʁ\
bissêtre is spelled B-I-S-S-Ê-T-R-E (8 letters). Bissêtre is a French masculine noun meaning “misfortune, woe, misery, misadventure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Malheur, malaventure”.
What does bissêtre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoletemisfortune, woe, misery, misadventure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Malheur, malaventure.
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 bissêtre
- bissêtres plural
- bicêtre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bissêtre?
- \bi.sɛtʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.