déchèterie
French, noun/de.ʃɛ.tʁi/
déchèterie is spelled D-É-C-H-È-T-E-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 60,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déchèterie is a French feminine noun meaning “dump, tip, household waste recycling centre, civic amenity site” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Centre de collecte et de tri volontaire des déchets qui peut en assurer la récupération, le recyclage…”.
What does déchèterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedump, tip, household waste recycling centre, civic amenity site
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Centre de collecte et de tri volontaire des déchets qui peut en assurer la récupération, le recyclage, l’incinération ou le stockage dans un centre d’enfouissement.
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 déchèterie
- déchèteries plural
- déchetterie alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déchèterie?
- /de.ʃɛ.tʁi/
- /de.ʃe.tʁi/
- \de.ʃɛt.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déchèterie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déchèterie in French?
déchèterie appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).