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tranche

French, noun

tranche is spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tranche is a French feminine noun meaning “slice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of trancher. With an accent, tranché is a different word: “clear-cut, marked”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau coupé un peu mince de divers objets et particulièrement de choses comestibles”.

What does tranche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineslice

    une tranche de jambon

  2. 2

    feminineedge of a book

    tranche de tête, tranche de gouttière, tranche de queue

  3. 3

    feminineproscribedspine of a book

  4. 4

    feminineedge of a coin

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

adjective

as tranché
  1. 1

    clear-cut, marked

  2. 2

    bold, distinct

  3. 3

    per bend

verb

as tranché
  1. 1

    past participle of trancher

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Se dit d'un membre sectionné de façon nette à la suite de l’action d’une lame. 2. masculin singulier Se dit d’un écu partagé en deux parties par une ligne oblique tirée de l’angle dextre du chef au côté senestre de la pointe. 3. Clivé, décidé

noun: 1. Morceau coupé un peu mince de divers objets et particulièrement de choses comestibles. 2. Parties successives d’une chose, de taille égale. 3. Partie d’une émission financière, d’une loterie. 4. Bord mince, de faible épaisseur, d’un objet.

noun: 1. Variante de tronche, tête. 2. Imbécile.

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 tranche

  • tranches plural
  • tranchée feminine
  • tranchés masculine plural
  • tranchées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to tranche

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tranche in French?

tranche appears 13 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).

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