peluche
French, noun
peluche is spelled P-E-L-U-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peluche is a French feminine noun meaning “plush (toy), fluff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pelucher. With an accent, peluché is a different word: “past participle of pelucher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoffe de laine, de soie, de fil, analogue au velours, mais dont le poil est long, couché et brillant”.
What does peluche mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplush (toy), fluff
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of pelucher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoffe de laine, de soie, de fil, analogue au velours, mais dont le poil est long, couché et brillant. 2. Poupée ou jouet recouvert de ce type de fibres. 3. Fibres textiles arrachées à un tissu par usure ou par frottement. 4. Sobriquet que l’on peut attribuer à un être aimé.
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 peluche
- peluches plural
- peluchée feminine
- peluchés masculine plural
- peluchées feminine plural
- pluche
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to peluche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peluche in French?
peluche appears 3.1 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).