enchaîné
French, verb
enchaîné is spelled E-N-C-H-A-Î-N-É (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enchaîné is a French verb meaning “past participle of enchaîner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, enchaîne is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. With an accent, enchainé is a different word: “past participle of enchainer”. Without its accent, enchaine is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does enchaîné mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of enchaîner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of enchainer
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. Attaché avec des chaînes. 2. Se dit d’un meuble auquel on a ajouté des chaînes contrairement à sa représentation ordinaire.
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 enchaîné
- enchaînée feminine
- enchaînés masculine plural
- enchaînées feminine plural
- enchainée feminine
- enchainés masculine plural
- enchainées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is enchaîné in French?
enchaîné appears 5.1 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).