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vacherie

French, noun/vaʃ.ʁi/

vacherie is a French feminine noun meaning “cowshed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étable à vaches”.

What does vacherie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecowshed

  2. 2

    femininenastiness, wickedness

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Étable à vaches. 2. Méchanceté, trahison. 3. Événement pénible.

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 vacherie

  • vacheries plural

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

How do you pronounce vacherie?

  • /vaʃ.ʁi/
  • \vaʃ.ʁi\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to vacherie

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

How common is vacherie in French?

vacherie appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).