hachette
French, noun/a.ʃɛt/
hachette is spelled H-A-C-H-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hachette is a French feminine noun meaning “hatchet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite hache”.
What does hachette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehatchet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite hache. 2. Espèce d’insecte lépidoptère (papillon) nocturne de la famille des saturnidés (Saturnidae) dont le dos des ailes est de couleur brun-sable avec une ocelle sur chaque aile. 3. Plante fourragère, genre Securigera. 4. Nom vernaculaire dans le bassin de la Meuse et de la Moselle de divers poissons de la famille des Cyprinidae ou Cyprinidés
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 hachette
- hachettes plural
- ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃɛt\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hachette?
- /a.ʃɛt/
- ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hachette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hachette in French?
hachette appears 3.3 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).