jarretière
French, noun/ʒaʁ.tjɛʁ/
jarretière is spelled J-A-R-R-E-T-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,843rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jarretière is a French feminine noun meaning “garter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de ruban, de tissu élastique entourant la jambe au-dessus ou au-dessous du genou et qui maintient le…”.
What does jarretière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegarter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de ruban, de tissu élastique entourant la jambe au-dessus ou au-dessous du genou et qui maintient le bas. 2. Ruban mis aux enchères lors d’un mariage. 3. Certains cordages d’amarrage. 4. Courte liaison entre deux têtes de câbles dans un répartiteur. On la nomme aussi cordon de brassage
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 jarretière
- jarretières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jarretière?
- /ʒaʁ.tjɛʁ/
- \ʒaʁ.tjɛʁ\
- [ʒaʁ.tjɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jarretière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jarretière in French?
jarretière 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).