châtié
French, adjective
châtié is spelled C-H-Â-T-I-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Châtié is a French adjective meaning “refined” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of châtier. With an accent, châtie is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Puni”.
What does châtié mean in English?
adjective
- 1
refined
verb
- 1
past participle of châtier
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Puni. 2. Particulièrement pur et surveillé, en parlant de la façon de parler ou d’écrire.
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 châtié
- châtiée feminine
- châtiés masculine plural
- châtiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is châtié in French?
châtié appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).