chiasse
French, noun/ʃjas/
chiasse is spelled C-H-I-A-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiasse is a French feminine noun meaning “the runs, diarrhoea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of chier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Excréments de mouche, de ver”.
What does chiasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangthe runs, diarrhoea
- 2
feminineslangvexation, pain, annoyance
verb
- 1
first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of chier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Excréments de mouche, de ver. 2. Diarrhée. 3. Écume des métaux en fusion. 4. Malchance, poisse, Ennui, dérangement.
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 chiasse
- chiasses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiasse?
- /ʃjas/
- \ʃjas\
- [ʃjas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chiasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiasse in French?
chiasse 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).