glisse
French, noun
glisse is spelled G-L-I-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glisse is a French feminine noun meaning “skiing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of glisser. With an accent, glissé is a different word: “past participle of glisser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capacité d'un matériel de sport à glisser sur une surface (neige, glace, eau)”.
What does glisse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalskiing
- 2
feminineglide
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of glisser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pas de danse qui consiste à passer et à avancer le pied doucement devant soi, en touchant légèrement le plancher.
noun: 1. Capacité d'un matériel de sport à glisser sur une surface (neige, glace, eau). 2. Vitesse obtenue avec un matériel de sport à glisser.
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 glisse
- glisses plural
- glissée feminine
- glissés masculine plural
- glissées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to glisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glisse in French?
glisse appears 8.7 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).