cachotterie
French, noun/ka.ʃɔ.tʁi/
cachotterie is spelled C-A-C-H-O-T-T-E-R-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cachotterie is a French feminine noun meaning “mystery, secrecy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière mystérieuse d’agir ou de parler qu’on emploie pour cacher des choses peu importantes”.
What does cachotterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemystery, secrecy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière mystérieuse d’agir ou de parler qu’on emploie pour cacher des choses peu importantes.
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 cachotterie
- cachotteries plural
- cachoterie
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cachotterie?
- /ka.ʃɔ.tʁi/
- \ka.ʃɔ.tʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cachotterie in French?
cachotterie appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).