greffière
French, noun/ɡʁɛ.fjɛʁ/
greffière is spelled G-R-E-F-F-I-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 82,784th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Greffière is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of greffier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Officière publique préposée au greffe”.
What does greffière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of greffier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Officière publique préposée au greffe. 2. Celle qui prend note et tient le registre de ses notes. 3. Épouse d’un greffier.
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 greffière
- greffières plural
- greffier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce greffière?
- /ɡʁɛ.fjɛʁ/
- /ɡʁe.fjɛʁ/
- \ɡʁɛ.fjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to greffière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is greffière in French?
greffière appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).