marchandise
French, noun
marchandise is spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D-I-S-E (11 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marchandise is a French feminine noun meaning “merchandise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of marchandiser. With an accent, marchandisé is a different word: “past participle of marchandiser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui se vend, se débite, soit en gros, soit en détail, dans les boutiques, magasins, foires, marchés, etc”.
What does marchandise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemerchandise
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of marchandiser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui se vend, se débite, soit en gros, soit en détail, dans les boutiques, magasins, foires, marchés, etc.
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 marchandise
- marchandises plural
- marchandisée feminine
- marchandisés masculine plural
- marchandisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to marchandise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marchandise in French?
marchandise appears 7.1 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).