lâche
French, noun
lâche is spelled L-Â-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lâche is a French feminine noun meaning “coward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lâcher. With an accent, lâché is a different word: “past participle of lâcher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne caractérisée par sa couardise”.
What does lâche mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loose, slack
- 2
cowardly, low
- 3
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noun
- 1
femininemasculinecoward
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of lâcher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Quelque chose qui est négligé, qui manque de précision, de vigueur.
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas tendu, qui n’est pas serré comme il pourrait ou devrait l’être. 2. Mou et paresseux. 3. Qui manque de courage. 4. Vil et méprisable.
noun: 1. Personne caractérisée par sa couardise. 2. Celui qui s’attaque à plus faible que lui. 3. Synonyme de laitue vivace (Lactuca perennis L.) ^([1]).
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 lâche
- lâches plural
- lâchée feminine
- lâchés masculine plural
- lâchées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lâche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lâche in French?
lâche appears 25 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).