dossière
French, noun/do.sjɛʁ/
dossière is spelled D-O-S-S-I-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dossière is a French feminine noun meaning “dossière (armor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie d’une cuirasse protégeant le dos”.
What does dossière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedossière (armor)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie d’une cuirasse protégeant le dos. 2. Pièce du harnais du cheval se plaçant sur le dos et supportant les brancards. 3. Partie supérieure de la carapace (d'une tortue...).
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 dossière
- dossières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dossière?
- /do.sjɛʁ/
- \dɔ.sjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dossière in French?
dossière appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).