bigorneau
French, noun/bi.ɡɔʁ.no/
bigorneau is spelled B-I-G-O-R-N-E-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bigorneau is a French masculine noun meaning “winkle (the mollusk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coquillage marin comestible à forme d’escargot, du genre Littorina, en particulier Littorina littorea”.
What does bigorneau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewinkle (the mollusk)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coquillage marin comestible à forme d’escargot, du genre Littorina, en particulier Littorina littorea. 2. Tout autre coquillage de forme analogue. 3. Petite bigorne. ^([1]) 4. Extrémité arrondie de la bigorne.
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 bigorneau
- bigorneaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bigorneau?
- /bi.ɡɔʁ.no/
- \bi.ɡɔʁ.no\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bigorneau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bigorneau in French?
bigorneau appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).