échancrure
French, noun/e.ʃɑ̃.kʁyʁ/
échancrure is spelled É-C-H-A-N-C-R-U-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,980th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Échancrure is a French feminine noun meaning “indentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coupure en forme de demi-cercle, de V ou de croissant”.
What does échancrure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindentation
- 2
femininelow neckline (or similar revealing feature)
- 3
feminineslot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coupure en forme de demi-cercle, de V ou de croissant. 2. Petite ouverture tombante dans un vêtement. 3. Entaille naturelle ou découpage naturel. 4. Entaille ou découpage.
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 échancrure
- échancrures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce échancrure?
- /e.ʃɑ̃.kʁyʁ/
- \e.ʃɑ̃.kʁyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to échancrure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is échancrure in French?
échancrure 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).