défriché
French, verb
défriché is spelled D-É-F-R-I-C-H-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défriché is a French verb meaning “past participle of défricher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, défriche is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does défriché mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of défricher
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
noun: 1. Terrain nouvellement cultivable, que l'on vient de défricher.
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 défriché
- défrichée feminine
- défrichés masculine plural
- défrichées feminine plural
- défriches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is défriché in French?
défriché appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).