gaucherie
French, noun/ɡoʃ.ʁi/
gaucherie is spelled G-A-U-C-H-E-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaucherie is a French feminine noun meaning “gaucherie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait d’être gaucher”.
What does gaucherie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegaucherie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait d’être gaucher. 2. Action d’une personne gauche ou maladroite. 3. Manque d’aisance, de grâce ou de souplesse.
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 gaucherie
- gaucheries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaucherie?
- /ɡoʃ.ʁi/
- \ɡoʃ.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gaucherie in French?
gaucherie appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).