défriser
French, verb/de.fʁi.ze/
défriser is spelled D-É-F-R-I-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défriser is a French verb meaning “to remove curls (usually from hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaire ce qui était frisé”.
What does défriser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remove curls (usually from hair)
- 2
slangto befuddle, to confuse, to flabbergast
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Défaire ce qui était frisé. 2. Déconcerter, contrarier, causer de l’incompréhension, en parlant des choses ou des actions.
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 défriser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- défrisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- défrisé participle past
- défrise first-person indicative present
- défrises indicative present second-person
- défrisons first-person indicative plural
- défrisez indicative plural present
- défrisent indicative plural present
- défrisais first-person imperfect indicative
- défrisait imperfect indicative singular
- défrisions first-person imperfect indicative
- défrisiez imperfect indicative plural
- défrisaient imperfect indicative plural
- défrisai first-person historic indicative
- défrisas historic indicative past
- défrisa historic indicative past
- défrisâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défriser?
- /de.fʁi.ze/
- \de.fʁi.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is défriser in French?
défriser appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).