chat échaudé craint l'eau froide
French, proverb/ʃa e.ʃo.de kʁɛ̃ l‿o fʁwad/
chat échaudé craint l'eau froide is spelled C-H-A-T-É-C-H-A-U-D-É-C-R-A-I-N-T-L-E-A-U-F-R-O-I-D-E (27 letters). Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide is a French proverb meaning “once bitten, twice shy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chat échaudé craint l'eau froide mean in English?
proverb
- 1
once bitten, twice shy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. D’une mésaventure naît un excès de prudence.
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.
How do you pronounce chat échaudé craint l'eau froide?
- /ʃa e.ʃo.de kʁɛ̃ l‿o fʁwad/
- \ʃa e.ʃo.de kʁɛ̃ l‿o fʁwad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.