échevine

\e.ʃ(ə)vin\

/\e.ʃ(ə)vin\/ noun

The verdict

“échevine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme membre du collège communal chargée d’un domaine de l’administration communale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-echevine · échevine · French

échevine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "É" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for échevine
PropertyValue
Headwordéchevine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʃ(ə)vin\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « échevine » en français

échevinesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

échevine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ʃ(ə)vin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

échevine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is échevine, spelled É-C-H-E-V-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme membre du collège communal chargée d’un domaine de l’administration communale.
  2. 2
    Adjointe au maire, conseillère municipale représentant un quartier donné.
  3. 3
    Épouse d’un échevin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how échevine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Véronique Salvi, échevine des Affaires sociales de la ville belge de Charleroi, veut régler la mendicité.
  2. Louis, pour mieux fourvoyer son cousin, se mit à décocher à la belle échevine, force œillades assassines et billets galans, où il dépeignait sa flamme royale de manière à attendrir un cœur moins charitable que l’était celui de la dame.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "échevine"?
"échevine" is spelled É-C-H-E-V-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃ(ə)vin\.
What does "échevine" mean?
As a noun, "échevine" means: Femme membre du collège communal chargée d’un domaine de l’administration communale.
How do you pronounce "échevine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échevine" is \e.ʃ(ə)vin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "échevine" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list