Auvergnate
French, noun
Auvergnate is spelled A-U-V-E-R-G-N-A-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auvergnate is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Auvergnat; female Auvergnese (female native or inhabitant of Auvergne, a cultural region, part of the administrative…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, auvergnate is a different word: “feminine singular of auvergnat”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante ou native de l’Auvergne”.
What does Auvergnate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Auvergnat; female Auvergnese (female native or inhabitant of Auvergne, a cultural region, part of the administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of auvergnat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante ou native de l’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 Auvergnate
- Auvergnates plural
- Auvergnat masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Auvergnate in French?
Auvergnate appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).