entrechat
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃa/
entrechat is spelled E-N-T-R-E-C-H-A-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrechat is a French masculine noun meaning “entrechat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Saut léger pendant lequel on croise rapidement les deux pieds à plusieurs reprises”.
What does entrechat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineentrechat
- 2
masculineleap, bound
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saut léger pendant lequel on croise rapidement les deux pieds à plusieurs reprises.
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 entrechat
- entrechats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrechat?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.ʃa/
- \ɑ̃t.ʁə.ʃa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entrechat in French?
entrechat appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).