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auvergnat

French, noun

auvergnat is spelled A-U-V-E-R-G-N-A-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auvergnat is a French masculine noun meaning “a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in Auvergne” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Auvergnat is a different word: “Auvergnese (native or inhabitant of Auvergne, a cultural region, part…”. With an accent, auvergnât is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of auvergner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variété dialectale de l’occitan ou langue d’oc parlée essentiellement en Auvergne”.

What does auvergnat mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Auvergnese (of, from or relating to Auvergne, a cultural region, part of the administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in Auvergne

noun

as Auvergnat
  1. 1

    masculineAuvergnese (native or inhabitant of Auvergne, a cultural region, part of the administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France) (usually male)

verb

as auvergnât
  1. 1

    third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of auvergner

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Habitant ou natif de l’Auvergne. 2. Cafetier ; limonadier ; charbonnier ; marchand ambulant. 3. Produit façonné et vendu par ce marchand. 4. Personne avare.

adjective: 1. Relatif à l’Auvergne et à ses habitants.

noun: 1. Variété dialectale de l’occitan ou langue d’oc parlée essentiellement en Auvergne.

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 auvergnat

  • auvergnate feminine
  • auvergnats masculine plural
  • auvergnates feminine plural
  • Auvergnats plural
  • Auvergnate feminine

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

How common is auvergnat in French?

auvergnat appears about once in every 2 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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