jonchée
French, noun\ʒɔ̃.ʃe\
jonchée is spelled J-O-N-C-H-É-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jonchée is a French feminine noun meaning “a kind of fresh cheese from the Charente-Maritime department of France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of jonché. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arrangement d’herbes, de fleurs et de branchages disposé sur le sol, dans les rues, les églises, etc., lors…”.
What does jonchée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea kind of fresh cheese from the Charente-Maritime department of France.
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of jonché
La rue était jonchée de publicités.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arrangement d’herbes, de fleurs et de branchages disposé sur le sol, dans les rues, les églises, etc., lors d’une cérémonie. 2. Grande quantité de choses entassées en désordre. 3. Fromage frais au goût amer, égoutté dans une natte de joncs, spécialité de Charente Maritime.
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 jonchée
- jonchées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jonchée?
- \ʒɔ̃.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jonchée in French?
jonchée appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).