peau de chagrin
French, noun/po d(ə) ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃/
peau de chagrin is spelled P-E-A-U-D-E-C-H-A-G-R-I-N (13 letters). Peau de chagrin is a French feminine noun meaning “shagreen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de peau tannée pour divers usages”.
What does peau de chagrin mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshagreen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de peau tannée pour divers usages. 2. Peau rugueuse rêche. 3. Quelque chose qui se réduit peu à peu, inexorablement.
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 peau de chagrin
- peaux de chagrin plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peau de chagrin?
- /po d(ə) ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃/
- \po də ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.