bégueule
French, noun/be.ɡœl/
bégueule is spelled B-É-G-U-E-U-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bégueule is a French feminine noun meaning “prude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne d’une pruderie excessive et affectée”.
What does bégueule mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculineprude
- 2
colloquialfemininemasculineprissy person
adjective
- 1
colloquialprudish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne d’une pruderie excessive et affectée. 2. Personne trop exigeante, difficile, à qui ne convient que le meilleur.
adjective: 1. Sottement pudibond, exagérément prude et qui se donne des airs de vertu. 2. Difficile, qui fait la fine bouche, par nature. 3. Hautain, prétentieux, ignorant les autres.
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 bégueule
- bégueules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bégueule?
- /be.ɡœl/
- \be.ɡœl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bégueule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bégueule in French?
bégueule appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).