ganse
French, noun
ganse is spelled G-A-N-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ganse is a French feminine noun meaning “braid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, gansé is a different word: “past participle of ganser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cordonnet de laine, de coton, de soie, d’or, d’argent, etc., qui sert ordinairement à border une étoffe ou à…”.
What does ganse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebraid
verb
- 1
past participle of ganser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cordonnet de laine, de coton, de soie, d’or, d’argent, etc., qui sert ordinairement à border une étoffe ou à former une bride pour attacher un bouton. 2. Ces attaches elles-mêmes. 3. Dessert typiquement provençal ; beignet en lanières de pâtes frites dans l'huile. 4. Cordage auquel on donne une forme de U.
adjective: 1. Qui comporte une ganse.
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 ganse
- ganses plural
- gansée feminine
- gansés masculine plural
- gansées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ganse in French?
ganse appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).