tignasse
French, noun/ti.ɲas/
tignasse is spelled T-I-G-N-A-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tignasse is a French feminine noun meaning “ugly, unkempt mop of hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chevelure ébouriffée et mal soignée”.
What does tignasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineugly, unkempt mop of hair
- 2
femininemane
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chevelure ébouriffée et mal soignée.
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 tignasse
- tignasses plural
- teignasse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tignasse?
- /ti.ɲas/
- \ti.ɲas\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tignasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tignasse in French?
tignasse appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).