cagou
French, noun/ka.ɡu/
cagou is spelled C-A-G-O-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cagou is a French masculine noun meaning “a beggar who lives by himself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Échassier de la Nouvelle-Calédonie ; il ne vole pas, ses ailes ne lui servant qu’à accélérer sa course”.
What does cagou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea beggar who lives by himself
- 2
masculinea high-ranking criminal who teaches others the language and practice of the criminal trade
noun
- 1
masculinekagu
adjective
- 1
out of sorts, sickly looking, languid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Échassier de la Nouvelle-Calédonie ; il ne vole pas, ses ailes ne lui servant qu’à accélérer sa course.
noun: 1. Homme qui vit mesquinement et ne voit personne. 2. Chef des mendiants de la cour des miracles à Paris au Moyen-Âge. 3. Voyou, truand.
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 cagou
- cagoux plural
- kagou
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cagou?
- /ka.ɡu/
- \ka.ɡu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cagou in French?
cagou appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).