-muche
French, suffix/myʃ/
-muche is spelled M-U-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -muche is a French suffix meaning “Suffix added to the end of any word to make it more incomprehensible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancien suffixe argotique”.
What does -muche mean in English?
suffix
- 1
slangSuffix added to the end of any word to make it more incomprehensible.
Ménilmuche
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Souterrain creusé par l’homme généralement à des fins de protection des villageois et de leurs biens, lors de troubles importants dans la France septentrionale, au Moyen Âge et à l’époque moderne.
suffix: 1. Ancien suffixe argotique.
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 -muche
- muches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -muche?
- /myʃ/
- \myʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -muche in French?
-muche appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).