clanche
French, noun/klɑ̃ʃ/
clanche is spelled C-L-A-N-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clanche is a French feminine noun meaning “doorknob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de clenche”.
What does clanche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedoorknob
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de clenche. 2. Pièce d'un métier à filer qui sert à bloquer un ressort.
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 clanche
- clanches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clanche?
- /klɑ̃ʃ/
- \klɑ̃ʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is clanche in French?
clanche appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).