lisse
French, noun
lisse is spelled L-I-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lisse is a French feminine noun meaning “stringer (horizontal timber that supports upright posts or the hull of a vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lisser. With an accent, lissé is a different word: “past participle of lisser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fils métalliques verticaux à mailles d’un métier à tisser, dans chacun desquels sont passés un ou plusieurs…”.
What does lisse mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smooth
noun
- 1
femininestringer (horizontal timber that supports upright posts or the hull of a vessel)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of lisser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sans aspérité ni rayure. 2. Synonyme de friable. 3. Régulier, infiniment dérivable ou différentiable.
noun: 1. Fils métalliques verticaux à mailles d’un métier à tisser, dans chacun desquels sont passés un ou plusieurs des fils horizontaux de la chaîne. 2. Tringle de bois parallèle aux fils et qui a pour longueur la largeur du tissu à fabriquer. 3. Bâton de cordier pour tisser la sangle. 4. Raidisseur épousant le profil longitudinal d’une structure, souvent en bois, de navire.
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 lisse
- lisses plural
- lissée feminine
- lissés masculine plural
- lissées feminine plural
- lice
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lisse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lisse in French?
lisse appears 6.6 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).