chiffe
French, noun/ʃif/
chiffe is spelled C-H-I-F-F-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiffe is a French feminine noun meaning “rag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mauvaise étoffe, loque”.
What does chiffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerag
- 2
femininedrip (person of weak character)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mauvaise étoffe, loque. 2. Personne de caractère faible, sans énergie. 3. Nom local de la vandoise. 4. Langue.
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 chiffe
- chiffes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiffe?
- /ʃif/
- \ʃif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chiffe in French?
chiffe appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).