amphigouri
French, noun/ɑ̃.fi.ɡu.ʁi/
amphigouri is spelled A-M-P-H-I-G-O-U-R-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amphigouri is a French masculine noun meaning “rigmarole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure de rhétorique qui consiste à écrire un discours ou un texte de manière volontairement burlesque…”.
What does amphigouri mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerigmarole
- 2
masculinegibberish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure de rhétorique qui consiste à écrire un discours ou un texte de manière volontairement burlesque, obscure ou inintelligible. 2. Propos désordonné dont les phrases mal construites et le vocabulaire incertain n’aboutissent à aucun sens satisfaisant. Discours confus, embrouillé et obscur.
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 amphigouri
- amphigouris plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amphigouri?
- /ɑ̃.fi.ɡu.ʁi/
- \ɑ̃.fi.ɡu.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amphigouri
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amphigouri in French?
amphigouri 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).