canche
French, noun/kɑ̃ʃ/
canche is spelled C-A-N-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canche is a French feminine noun meaning “hair grass (of family Poaceae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante pouvant appartenir à plusieurs genres botaniques de la famille des Poacées (ou Graminées), tels que…”.
What does canche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehair grass (of family Poaceae)
- 2
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante pouvant appartenir à plusieurs genres botaniques de la famille des Poacées (ou Graminées), tels que par exemple : Aira, Corynephorus ou Deschampsia, etc. 2. Décharge sauvage, dépotoir.
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 canche
- canches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canche?
- /kɑ̃ʃ/
- \kɑ̃ʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is canche in French?
canche appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).