câlisse
French, interjection
câlisse is spelled C-Â-L-I-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 64,346th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Câlisse is a French interjection meaning “expletive intensifier, usually said in astonishment or anger: fuck!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of câlisser. Without its accent, calisse is a different word: “alternative form of câlisse”. With an accent, câlissé is a different word: “past participle of câlisser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Juron exprimant une émotion forte, par exemple l’étonnement ou la colère”.
What does câlisse mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Quebecvulgarexpletive intensifier, usually said in astonishment or anger: fuck!
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
interjection
- 1
alternative form of câlisse
verb
- 1
past participle of câlisser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Juron exprimant une émotion forte, par exemple l’étonnement ou la colère.
interjection: 1. Variante orthographique de calice.
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 câlisse
- câlice alternative
- calisse alternative
- calice alternative
- câline alternative
- câliboire alternative
- câlissée feminine
- câlissés masculine plural
- câlissées feminine plural
- colice
- colisse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is câlisse in French?
câlisse appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).