défausse
French, noun
défausse is spelled D-É-F-A-U-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défausse is a French feminine noun meaning “graveyard (deck of discarded cards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of défausser. With an accent, défaussé is a different word: “past participle of défausser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de se défausser ^([1])”.
What does défausse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegraveyard (deck of discarded cards)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of défausser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de se défausser ^([1]).
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 défausse
- défausses plural
- défaussée feminine
- défaussés masculine plural
- défaussées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is défausse in French?
défausse 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).