dépêche
French, noun
dépêche is spelled D-É-P-Ê-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépêche is a French feminine noun meaning “dispatch (express private message)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of dépêcher. With an accent, dépêché is a different word: “past participle of dépêcher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Communication officielle ou privée transmise par voie plus ou moins rapide”.
What does dépêche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedispatch (express private message)
- 2
femininetelegram
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of dépêcher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Communication officielle ou privée transmise par voie plus ou moins rapide. 2. Communication transmise par voie télégraphique. 3. Message. 4. Expédition, voyage, souvent dans un but scientifique.
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 dépêche
- dépêches plural
- dépêchée feminine
- dépêchés masculine plural
- dépêchées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dépêche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dépêche in French?
dépêche appears 6.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).