bégum
French, noun/be.ɡɔm/
bégum is spelled B-É-G-U-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bégum is a French feminine noun meaning “begum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Titre d’honneur des princesses et des femmes de qualité de l’Indoustan”.
What does bégum mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebegum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titre d’honneur des princesses et des femmes de qualité de l’Indoustan. 2. Titre de l’épouse de l’Aga Khan, guide spirituel des Ismaëliens.
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 bégum
- bégums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bégum?
- /be.ɡɔm/
- \be.ɡɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bégum in French?
bégum appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).