béguine
French, noun/be.ɡin/
béguine is spelled B-É-G-U-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Béguine is a French feminine noun meaning “Beguine (member of a semimonastic Christian lay religious order)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of béguin. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religieuse qui est soumise aux règles monastiques sans avoir prononcé de vœux”.
What does béguine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBeguine (member of a semimonastic Christian lay religious order)
- 2
datedderogatoryfemininebigot
- 3
femininefemale equivalent of béguin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Religieuse qui est soumise aux règles monastiques sans avoir prononcé de vœux. 2. Religieuse d’une communauté des Pays-Bas. 3. Dévote minutieuse. 4. Personne qui pratique un mode de vie inspiré de celui des béguinages du Moyen Age.
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 béguine
- béguines plural
- béguin masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce béguine?
- /be.ɡin/
- \be.ɡin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to béguine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is béguine in French?
béguine appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).