colifichet
French, noun/kɔ.li.fi.ʃɛ/
colifichet is spelled C-O-L-I-F-I-C-H-E-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colifichet is a French masculine noun meaning “trinket, knick-knack, bauble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit morceau de papier, de carton, de parchemin représentant une ou des figures et collé sur du bois, du…”.
What does colifichet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrinket, knick-knack, bauble
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit morceau de papier, de carton, de parchemin représentant une ou des figures et collé sur du bois, du velours, etc. 2. Ouvrage de broderie fait sur du papier qui lui sert de fond. 3. Menu ajustement vestimentaire qui ne sert qu’à la parure. 4. Petit ornement mesquin, mal placé ou qui n'est pas en rapport avec le lieu où il est mis.
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 colifichet
- colifichets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colifichet?
- /kɔ.li.fi.ʃɛ/
- \kɔ.li.fi.ʃɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colifichet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colifichet in French?
colifichet appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).