brigand
French, noun/bʁi.ɡɑ̃/
brigand is spelled B-R-I-G-A-N-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brigand is a French masculine noun meaning “thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui exerce habituellement le brigandage”.
What does brigand mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinethief
adjective
- 1
mischievous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui exerce habituellement le brigandage. 2. Mauvais sujet, vaurien, voleur, bandit, pillard.
adjective: 1. Relatif à la ville de Brigue, en Suisse. 2. Relatif au brigandage, ou, par extension, aux exactions et aux concussions.
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 brigand
- brigands plural
- brigande feminine
- brigandes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brigand?
- /bʁi.ɡɑ̃/
- \bʁi.ɡɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brigand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brigand in French?
brigand appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).