chatouilleux
French, adjective/ʃa.tu.jø/
chatouilleux is spelled C-H-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E-U-X (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chatouilleux is a French adjective meaning “ticklish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est sensible au chatouillement”.
What does chatouilleux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ticklish
- 2
touchy
Fais attention, il est chatouilleux sur ce sujet.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sensible au chatouillement. 2. Qualifie un cheval qui est sensible à la cravache, à l’éperon. 3. Qui s’offense aisément ; qui se fâche pour peu de chose. 4. Qui exige des ménagements
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 chatouilleux
- chatouilleuse feminine
- chatouilleuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chatouilleux?
- /ʃa.tu.jø/
- \ʃa.tu.jø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chatouilleux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chatouilleux in French?
chatouilleux appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).