rixe
French, noun/ʁiks/
rixe is spelled R-I-X-E (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rixe is a French feminine noun meaning “brawl, struggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Querelle violente entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, souvent accompagnée de menaces et de coups”.
What does rixe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrawl, struggle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Querelle violente entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, souvent accompagnée de menaces et de coups.
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 rixe
- rixes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rixe?
- /ʁiks/
- \ʁiks\
- [ʁiks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rixe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rixe in French?
rixe appears 1.2 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).