alguazil
French, noun/al.ɡwa.zil/
alguazil is spelled A-L-G-U-A-Z-I-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alguazil is a French masculine noun meaning “alguazil; loosely law officer, constable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agent de police qui remplissait à la fois les fonctions d’huissier, de sergent de ville et de gendarme, en…”.
What does alguazil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealguazil; loosely law officer, constable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Agent de police qui remplissait à la fois les fonctions d’huissier, de sergent de ville et de gendarme, en Espagne. 2. Officier de corrida. 3. Toutes sortes d’agents de police.
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 alguazil
- alguazils plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alguazil?
- /al.ɡwa.zil/
- \al.ɡwa.zil\
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Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alguazil in French?
alguazil appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).