mâchefer
French, noun/maʃ.fɛʁ/
mâchefer is spelled M-Â-C-H-E-F-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mâchefer is a French masculine noun meaning “clinker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Scorie qui sort du fer à la forge, au fourneau, et lorsqu’on le bat rouge sur l’enclume”.
What does mâchefer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclinker
- 2
masculinecinders
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Scorie qui sort du fer à la forge, au fourneau, et lorsqu’on le bat rouge sur l’enclume. 2. Résidu laissé par la houille consumée. 3. Résidu de l'incinération des ordures ménagères.
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 mâchefer
- mâchefers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mâchefer?
- /maʃ.fɛʁ/
- /mɑʃ.fɛʁ/
- \mɑʃ.fɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mâchefer in French?
mâchefer appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).