clenche
French, noun/klɑ̃ʃ/
clenche is spelled C-L-E-N-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clenche is a French feminine noun meaning “latch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie d'une ancienne serrure, la clenche est une barre de métal qui pivote autour d'un axe située à son…”.
What does clenche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelatch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie d'une ancienne serrure, la clenche est une barre de métal qui pivote autour d'un axe située à son extrémité, l'autre bout dépassant de la porte se bloque dans le mentonnet. On soulève la clenche grâce au poucier. 2. Petit levier faisant bascule sur lequel on appuie pour lever le loquet d’une porte, C'est le poucier. 3. Petit levier sur lequel on appuie pour chasser l'eau du réservoir vers la cuvette des toilettes. 4. Poignée de porte, bec-de-cane.
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 clenche
- clenches plural
- clanche alternative
- clinche
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clenche?
- /klɑ̃ʃ/
- \klɑ̃ʃ\
- \klɛ̃ʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clenche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clenche in French?
clenche appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).