chirographaire
French, adjective/ki.ʁɔ.ɡʁa.fɛʁ/
chirographaire is spelled C-H-I-R-O-G-R-A-P-H-A-I-R-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chirographaire is a French adjective meaning “concurrent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est créancier en vertu d’un acte sous seing privé et dès lors ne peut emporter hypothèque”.
What does chirographaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
concurrent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est créancier en vertu d’un acte sous seing privé et dès lors ne peut emporter hypothèque.
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 chirographaire
- chirographaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chirographaire?
- /ki.ʁɔ.ɡʁa.fɛʁ/
- \ki.ʁɔ.ɡʁa.fɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chirographaire in French?
chirographaire appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).