bergamasque
French, noun/bɛʁ.ɡa.mask/
bergamasque is spelled B-E-R-G-A-M-A-S-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bergamasque is a French feminine noun meaning “Bergamask (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de danse de Bergame”.
What does bergamasque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Bergamask
noun
- 1
feminineBergamask (dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De Bergame.
noun: 1. Type de danse de Bergame.
noun: 1. Personnage de la Commedia dell’arte, danseurs du carnaval de Bergame.
noun: 1. Synonyme de berger de Bergame (race de chien).
noun: 1. Langue romane parlée principalement à Bergame (Lombardie, Italie).
noun: 1. Habitant de Bergame, ville d’Italie.
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 bergamasque
- bergamasques plural
- Bergamasques plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bergamasque?
- /bɛʁ.ɡa.mask/
- \bɛʁ.ɡa.mask\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bergamasque in French?
bergamasque appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).