ruche
French, noun
ruche is spelled R-U-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruche is a French feminine noun meaning “hive, beehive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ruché is a different word: “past participle of rucher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de contenant où logent les abeilles”.
What does ruche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehive, beehive
- 2
feminineruffle; flounce; ruche
verb
- 1
past participle of rucher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de contenant où logent les abeilles. 2. Ce contenant, avec les abeilles qui sont dedans. 3. Bande plissée d’étoffe, de tulle ou de dentelle qui sert d’ornement à différents ajustements dans la toilette des femmes. 4. Foule de personnes.
noun: 1. Étoffe froncée ou plissée qui sert d’ornement à différents ajustements (décolleté, tour de cou) dans la toilette des femmes.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ruche.
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 ruche
- ruches plural
- ruchée feminine
- ruchés masculine plural
- ruchées feminine plural
- rûche obsolete
- rûches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ruche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruche in French?
ruche appears 3.0 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).