vesse
French, noun
vesse is spelled V-E-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vesse is a French feminine noun meaning “fart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vesser. With an accent, vessé is a different word: “past participle of vesser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gaz intestinal qui sort sans bruit et répand une mauvaise odeur”.
What does vesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefart
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of vesser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gaz intestinal qui sort sans bruit et répand une mauvaise odeur.
interjection: 1. Attention ! Gaffe !
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 vesse
- vesses plural
- vessée feminine
- vessés masculine plural
- vessées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vesse in French?
vesse appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).