décarcasser
French, verb/de.kaʁ.ka.se/
décarcasser is spelled D-É-C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décarcasser is a French verb meaning “to open up the carcass of an animal or to remove the cover of an object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dégager la carcasse d’un animal, d’un objet, enlever ce qui la recouvre”.
What does décarcasser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to open up the carcass of an animal or to remove the cover of an object
- 2
informalto go through much trouble, to bend over backwards
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dégager la carcasse d’un animal, d’un objet, enlever ce qui la recouvre. 2. Battre, maltraiter, tuer. 3. Se donner du mal, se donner de la peine, s’évertuer.
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 décarcasser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- décarcassant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- décarcassé participle past
- décarcasse first-person indicative present
- décarcasses indicative present second-person
- décarcassons first-person indicative plural
- décarcassez indicative plural present
- décarcassent indicative plural present
- décarcassais first-person imperfect indicative
- décarcassait imperfect indicative singular
- décarcassions first-person imperfect indicative
- décarcassiez imperfect indicative plural
- décarcassaient imperfect indicative plural
- décarcassai first-person historic indicative
- décarcassas historic indicative past
- décarcassa historic indicative past
- décarcassâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décarcasser?
- /de.kaʁ.ka.se/
- \de.kaʁ.ka.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is décarcasser in French?
décarcasser appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).