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achigan

French, noun/a.ʃi.ɡɑ̃/

achigan is spelled A-C-H-I-G-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achigan is a French masculine noun meaning “bass (fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson du genre Micropterus (famille des Centrarchidae). On distingue l’achigan à petite bouche et l’achigan…”.

What does achigan mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Canadamasculinebass (fish)

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Poisson du genre Micropterus (famille des Centrarchidae). On distingue l’achigan à petite bouche et l’achigan à grande bouche.

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 achigan

  • achigans plural

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

How do you pronounce achigan?

  • /a.ʃi.ɡɑ̃/
  • \a.ʃi.ɡɑ̃\

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

English words that translate to achigan

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

How common is achigan in French?

achigan appears about once in every 7 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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