trancher
French, verb/tʁɑ̃.ʃe/
trancher is spelled T-R-A-N-C-H-E-R (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trancher is a French verb meaning “to slice, cut into slices” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couper net ; séparer en coupant”.
What does trancher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slice, cut into slices
- 2
to complete, conclude
Il a tranché ses jours.
- 3
to decide, settle, address
- 4
to rule, make a ruling, come to a decision
- 5
derogatoryto behave or comport oneself (as if one were)
Le comte trancha du grand seigneur.
- 6
to contrast, stand out
Elle tranche avec les autres.
- 7
(of a sauce or emulsion) to split, break
Comment rattraper une mayonnaise qui a tranché ?
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Couper net ; séparer en coupant. 2. Résoudre tout d’un coup une question difficile ; lever tout d’un coup un obstacle, une difficulté.
verb: 1. Décider franchement et catégoriquement. 2. Se comporter en. – Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi de la préposition de. 3. Faire un contraste ou une opposition sans nuance. 4. Être d’un caractère très différent de ce qui précède et de ce qui suit.
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 trancher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- tranchant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- tranché participle past
- tranche first-person indicative present
- tranches indicative present second-person
- tranchons first-person indicative plural
- tranchez indicative plural present
- tranchent indicative plural present
- tranchais first-person imperfect indicative
- tranchait imperfect indicative singular
- tranchions first-person imperfect indicative
- tranchiez imperfect indicative plural
- tranchaient imperfect indicative plural
- tranchai first-person historic indicative
- tranchas historic indicative past
- trancha historic indicative past
- tranchâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trancher?
- /tʁɑ̃.ʃe/
- \tʁɑ̃.ʃe\
- [tʁɑ̃.ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trancher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trancher in French?
trancher appears 5.1 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).