baragouin
French, noun/ba.ʁa.ɡwɛ̃/
baragouin is a French masculine noun meaning “gibberish (unintelligible speech or writing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langage incorrect et inintelligible”.
What does baragouin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegibberish (unintelligible speech or writing)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langage incorrect et inintelligible. 2. Langue que l’on ne comprend pas.
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 baragouin
- baragouins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baragouin?
- /ba.ʁa.ɡwɛ̃/
- \ba.ʁa.ɡwɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baragouin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baragouin in French?
baragouin appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).