guilloché
French, adjective
guilloché is spelled G-U-I-L-L-O-C-H-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guilloché is a French adjective meaning “Decorated with a fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, guilloche is a different word: “guilloche”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Orné d’un guillochis, d’un ensemble de lignes, de traits ondés qui s’entrelacent ou se croisent avec symétrie”.
What does guilloché mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Decorated with a fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc.
noun
- 1
feminineguilloche
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Orné d’un guillochis, d’un ensemble de lignes, de traits ondés qui s’entrelacent ou se croisent avec symétrie.
noun: 1. Synonyme de guillochis. 2. Synonyme de guillochage.
noun: 1. Instrument avec lequel on guilloche, on ajoute un ornement composé de lignes qui s’entrelacent.
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 guilloché
- guilloches plural
- guillochée feminine
- guillochés masculine plural
- guillochées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to guilloché
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guilloché in French?
guilloché appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).