chiourme
French, noun/ʃjuʁm/
chiourme is spelled C-H-I-O-U-R-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiourme is a French feminine noun meaning “team or group of galley slaves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Équipe de forçats et autres qui ramaient sur une galère”.
What does chiourme mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineteam or group of galley slaves
- 2
archaicfeminineconvict
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Équipe de forçats et autres qui ramaient sur une galère. 2. Ensemble des forçats enfermés dans un bagne. 3. Maitrise dans une entreprise. En ce sens, il est dérivé de garde-chiourme.
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 chiourme
- chiourmes plural
- chiorme
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiourme?
- /ʃjuʁm/
- \ʃjuʁm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chiourme in French?
chiourme appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).