fessée
French, noun/fɛ.se/
fessée is spelled F-E-S-S-É-E (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fessée is a French feminine noun meaning “spanking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of fessé (“spankee”). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Châtiment corporel consistant en une série de claques ou de coups administrés sur les fesses à main nue ou à…”.
What does fessée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespanking
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of fessé (“spankee”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Châtiment corporel consistant en une série de claques ou de coups administrés sur les fesses à main nue ou à l’aide d’un instrument. 2. Défaite sévère et humiliante.
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 fessée
- fessées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fessée?
- /fɛ.se/
- /fe.se/
- \fɛ.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fessée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fessée in French?
fessée appears 1.6 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).