vichyssois
French, adjective
vichyssois is spelled V-I-C-H-Y-S-S-O-I-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vichyssois is a French adjective meaning “of Vichy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vichyssois is a different word: “resident or native of Vichy”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la ville de Vichy ou à ses habitants”.
What does vichyssois mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Vichy
- 2
of the Vichy wartime government
noun
- 1
masculineresident or native of Vichy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la ville de Vichy ou à ses habitants. 2. Relatif au régime de Vichy, gouvernement français réfugié à Vichy durant l’occupation allemande (juillet 1940-août 1944). → voir pétainiste et vichyste
noun: 1. Habitant de Vichy, commune française située dans le département de l’Allier.
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 vichyssois
- vichyssoise feminine
- vichyssoises feminine plural
- Vichyssoise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vichyssois in French?
vichyssois appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).