bigorne
French, noun
bigorne is spelled B-I-G-O-R-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bigorne is a French feminine noun meaning “beak-iron, bickern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bigorné is a different word: “past participle of bigorner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enclume de forgeron dont les deux extrémités sont pointues comme deux cornes et qui permettait de cintrer ou…”.
What does bigorne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebeak-iron, bickern
noun
- 1
masculineslang, jargon, lingo
verb
- 1
past participle of bigorner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enclume de forgeron dont les deux extrémités sont pointues comme deux cornes et qui permettait de cintrer ou de percer les grosses pièces à forger. 2. Enclume en usage chez les orfèvres qui varie de forme suivant sa destination. 3. Cette corne elle-même. ^([1]) 4. Banc de corroyeur ^([1]).
noun: 1. Argot, jargon.
noun: 1. Animal fantastique du folklore en Anjou, en Normandie, mais aussi en Auvergne, réputé dévorer les maris tyrannisés par leur femme.
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 bigorne
- bigornes plural
- bigornée feminine
- bigornés masculine plural
- bigornées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is bigorne in French?
bigorne 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).