chagrine
French, verb
chagrine is spelled C-H-A-G-R-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chagrine is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of chagrin. With an accent, chagriné is a different word: “past participle of chagriner”.
What does chagrine mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of chagrin
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of chagriner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a l’apparence du chagrin. 2. Qui a l’apparence du cuir grenu.
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 chagrine
- chagrinée feminine
- chagrinés masculine plural
- chagrinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is chagrine in French?
chagrine 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).