baguenaude
French, noun
baguenaude is spelled B-A-G-U-E-N-A-U-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baguenaude is a French feminine noun meaning “dawdling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of baguenauder. With an accent, baguenaudé is a different word: “past participle of baguenauder”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit du baguenaudier, espèce de gousse en forme de petite vessie pleine d’air et qui éclate avec bruit…”.
What does baguenaude mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedawdling
- 2
femininestroll
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of baguenauder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit du baguenaudier, espèce de gousse en forme de petite vessie pleine d’air et qui éclate avec bruit lorsqu’on la presse entre les doigts. 2. Poche.
noun: 1. Ancien type de poésie fait sans se soucier des règles de la versification. 2. Loisir sans intérêt, niaiserie. 3. Promenade, flânerie.
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 baguenaude
- baguenaudes plural
- baguenaudée feminine
- baguenaudés masculine plural
- baguenaudées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is baguenaude in French?
baguenaude appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).