chuchoter
French, verb/ʃy.ʃɔ.te/
chuchoter is spelled C-H-U-C-H-O-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chuchoter is a French verb meaning “to whisper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parler bas, parfois mystérieusement, sans le timbre de la voix (c'est-à-dire sans vibration des cordes…”.
What does chuchoter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whisper
- 2
to gossip
Je ne parle jamais avec elle car elle chuchote toujours à quiconque l'écoute sur tout le monde.
- 3
to rustle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Parler bas, parfois mystérieusement, sans le timbre de la voix (c'est-à-dire sans vibration des cordes vocales). 2. Dire tout bas. 3. Produire un bruit évoquant un chuchotement. 4. Émettre des rumeurs favorables à un cheval de course avant une épreuve.
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 chuchoter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- chuchotant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- chuchoté participle past
- chuchote first-person indicative present
- chuchotes indicative present second-person
- chuchotons first-person indicative plural
- chuchotez indicative plural present
- chuchotent indicative plural present
- chuchotais first-person imperfect indicative
- chuchotait imperfect indicative singular
- chuchotions first-person imperfect indicative
- chuchotiez imperfect indicative plural
- chuchotaient imperfect indicative plural
- chuchotai first-person historic indicative
- chuchotas historic indicative past
- chuchota historic indicative past
- chuchotâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chuchoter?
- /ʃy.ʃɔ.te/
- \ʃy.ʃɔ.te\
- [ʃy.ʃɔ.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chuchoter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chuchoter in French?
chuchoter 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).