kitsch
French, noun/kitʃ/
kitsch is spelled K-I-T-S-C-H (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kitsch is a French masculine noun meaning “kitsch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mauvais goût, toc, imitation surchargée”.
What does kitsch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekitsch
adjective
- 1
kitsch
- 2
tacky (low quality)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De mauvais goût, surchargé.
noun: 1. Mauvais goût, toc, imitation surchargée.
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 kitsch
- kitch alternative
- kitschs plural masculine
- kitsche singular feminine
- kitsches plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kitsch?
- /kitʃ/
- \kitʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kitsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kitsch in French?
kitsch appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).