fesse
French, noun
fesse is spelled F-E-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fesse is a French feminine noun meaning “buttock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fesser. With an accent, fessé is a different word: “spankee”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des deux masses charnues situées à la partie postérieure du bassin, chez l’être humain et certains…”.
What does fesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebuttock
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculinespankee
verb
- 1
past participle of fesser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des deux masses charnues situées à la partie postérieure du bassin, chez l’être humain et certains mammifères. 2. En parlant d’un voilier, la partie arrière qui s’arrondit, s’élevant au-dessus de la flottaison. 3. La vie ou le corps d’une personne. 4. Activité sexuelle.
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 fesse
- fesses plural
- fessés plural
- fessée feminine
- fessées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fesse in French?
fesse appears 1.9 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).