rêche
French, adjective/ʁɛʃ/
rêche is spelled R-Ê-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,980th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rêche is a French adjective meaning “rough, coarse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rude au toucher”.
What does rêche mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rough, coarse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Rude au toucher. 2. Âpre au goût. 3. Rude, difficile à vivre (à propos des personnes ou de leur caractère).
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de rêche.
noun: 1. Argent, monnaie, sou.
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 rêche
- rêches plural
- rèche obsolete
- rèches plural
- rêche
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rêche?
- /ʁɛʃ/
- \ʁɛʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rêche in French?
rêche appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).