cheum
French, adjective/ʃœm/
cheum is spelled C-H-E-U-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheum is a French adjective meaning “ugly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Moche”.
What does cheum mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ugly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Moche.
noun: 1. Personne laide.
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 cheum
- cheums plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheum?
- /ʃœm/
- \ʃœm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cheum in French?
cheum appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).