emmanché
French, noun
emmanché is spelled E-M-M-A-N-C-H-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emmanché is a French masculine noun meaning “sodomite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of emmancher. Without its accent, emmanche is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sodomite, homosexuel passif, personne qui se fait emmancher”.
What does emmanché mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having handles that are of a different tincture or layer of enamel
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinevulgarsodomite
- 2
derogatorymasculineslangidiot, fool
- 3
derogatorymasculineslangjerk, dickhead
verb
- 1
past participle of emmancher
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ajusté ; adapté ; fixé. 2. Se dit des haches, faux, etc., qui ont un manche d’un émail différent. 3. Qui se joint bien au corps dont il fait partie. 4. Engagé.
noun: 1. Sodomite, homosexuel passif, personne qui se fait emmancher. 2. Personne maladroite et peu vive, qui se tient raide comme un manche. 3. Personne peu intelligente. 4. Personne méprisable.
noun: 1. Disposition en pyramide de pièces s'enclavant sur les bords de l'écu.
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 emmanché
- emmanchée feminine
- emmanchés masculine plural
- emmanchées feminine plural
- emmanches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is emmanché in French?
emmanché appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).