brushing
French, noun/bʁœ.ʃiŋ/
brushing is spelled B-R-U-S-H-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brushing is a French masculine noun meaning “blow-dry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mise en forme temporaire de la chevelure à chaud, avec un séchoir et une brosse”.
What does brushing mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblow-dry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mise en forme temporaire de la chevelure à chaud, avec un séchoir et une brosse.
noun: 1. Technique permettant à un vendeur en ligne de créer de faux clients et de se donner de bonnes notes ou des commentaires flatteurs.
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 brushing
- brushings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brushing?
- /bʁœ.ʃiŋ/
- \bʁœ.ʃiŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brushing in French?
brushing appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).