ogresse
French, noun/ɔ.ɡʁɛs/
ogresse is spelled O-G-R-E-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ogresse is a French feminine noun meaning “ogress; female equivalent of ogre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ogre femelle”.
What does ogresse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineogress; female equivalent of ogre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ogre femelle. 2. Femme avide de jeunes gens. 3. Femme qui louait aux prostituées tout ou partie de leur toilette. 4. Tenancière de tapis-franc ou de maison close ; femme proxénète, maquerelle.
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 ogresse
- ogresses plural
- ogre masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ogresse?
- /ɔ.ɡʁɛs/
- \o.ɡʁɛs\
- [o.ɡʁɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ogresse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ogresse in French?
ogresse appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).