rechigné
French, adjective
rechigné is spelled R-E-C-H-I-G-N-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechigné is a French adjective meaning “objectionable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of rechigner. Without its accent, rechigne is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Expression de visage montrant mauvaise humeur, chagrin ou répugnance”.
What does rechigné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
objectionable
verb
- 1
past participle of rechigner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui met de la mauvaise volonté.
adjective: 1. Expression de visage montrant mauvaise humeur, chagrin ou répugnance. 2. Expression de visage montrant mauvaise humeur, chagrin ou répugnance. 3. Qui met de la mauvaise volonté.
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 rechigné
- rechignée feminine
- rechignés masculine plural
- rechignées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is rechigné in French?
rechigné appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).