hirsute
French, adjective/iʁ.syt/
hirsute is spelled H-I-R-S-U-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,168th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirsute is a French adjective meaning “hairy, bristly, shaggy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est hérissé, d’aspect sauvage”.
What does hirsute mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hairy, bristly, shaggy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est hérissé, d’aspect sauvage. 2. Qui est farouche, sauvage.
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 hirsute
- hirsutes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hirsute?
- /iʁ.syt/
- \iʁ.syt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hirsute
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hirsute in French?
hirsute appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).