aiguillonner
French, verb/ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/
aiguillonner is spelled A-I-G-U-I-L-L-O-N-N-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aiguillonner is a French verb meaning “to prod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Piquer un animal avec l’aiguillon pour le faire marcher”.
What does aiguillonner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prod
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Piquer un animal avec l’aiguillon pour le faire marcher. 2. Inciter à quelque chose. 3. Tourmenter.
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 aiguillonner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- aiguillonnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- aiguillonné participle past
- aiguillonne first-person indicative present
- aiguillonnes indicative present second-person
- aiguillonnons first-person indicative plural
- aiguillonnez indicative plural present
- aiguillonnent indicative plural present
- aiguillonnais first-person imperfect indicative
- aiguillonnait imperfect indicative singular
- aiguillonnions first-person imperfect indicative
- aiguillonniez imperfect indicative plural
- aiguillonnaient imperfect indicative plural
- aiguillonnai first-person historic indicative
- aiguillonnas historic indicative past
- aiguillonna historic indicative past
- aiguillonnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aiguillonner?
- /ɛ.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/
- /e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne/
- \e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aiguillonner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aiguillonner in French?
aiguillonner appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).