écorce
French, noun
écorce is spelled É-C-O-R-C-E (6 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Écorce is a French feminine noun meaning “bark (of a tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of écorcer. With an accent, écorcé is a different word: “past participle of écorcer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie superficielle et protectrice des arbres et plus généralement des plantes ligneuses”.
What does écorce mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebark (of a tree)
L'écorce protège l'arbre des intempéries et des parasites.
- 2
femininepeel (of certain fruits)
- 3
femininecrust (of the Earth)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of écorcer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie superficielle et protectrice des arbres et plus généralement des plantes ligneuses. 2. Enveloppe de certains fruits, quand elle est épaisse. 3. Croûte externe d'une planète. 4. Superficie, apparence.
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 écorce
- écorces plural
- écorcée feminine
- écorcés masculine plural
- écorcées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to écorce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is écorce in French?
écorce appears 2.7 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).