dèche
French, noun/dɛʃ/
dèche is spelled D-È-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 49,558th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dèche is a French feminine noun meaning “the state of being broke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Misère, gêne financière”.
What does dèche mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininethe state of being broke
Je suis dans la dèche.
noun
- 1
Quebecfemininevulgarsperm, semen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Misère, gêne financière. 2. Absence, manque.
noun: 1. Sperme.
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 dèche
- dèches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dèche?
- /dɛʃ/
- \dɛʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dèche in French?
dèche appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).