chatouille
French, noun
chatouille is spelled C-H-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chatouille is a French feminine noun meaning “tickle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of chatouiller. With an accent, chatouillé is a different word: “past participle of chatouiller”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chatouillement, chatouillis”.
What does chatouille mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformaltickle
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of chatouiller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chatouillement, chatouillis.
noun: 1. Petite lamproie pour servir d’appât. 2. Larve de la lamproie.
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 chatouille
- chatouilles plural
- chatouillée feminine
- chatouillés masculine plural
- chatouillées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chatouille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chatouille in French?
chatouille 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).