sous-fifre
French, noun/su.fifʁ/
sous-fifre is spelled S-O-U-S-F-I-F-R-E (9 letters). Sous-fifre is a French masculine noun meaning “underling, henchman, minion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne chargée de basse besogne”.
What does sous-fifre mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineunderling, henchman, minion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne chargée de basse besogne. 2. Personne située bas dans une hiérarchie.
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 sous-fifre
- sous-fifres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sous-fifre?
- /su.fifʁ/
- \su.fifʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sous-fifre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.