décharné
French, adjective
décharné is spelled D-É-C-H-A-R-N-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 83,718th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décharné is a French adjective meaning “emaciated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of décharner. With an accent, décharne is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maigre ; amaigri ; squelettique”.
What does décharné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
emaciated
- 2
scrawny, gaunt
verb
- 1
past participle of décharner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Maigre ; amaigri ; squelettique. 2. Pauvre, sec.
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 décharné
- décharnée feminine
- décharnés masculine plural
- décharnées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is décharné in French?
décharné appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).