cougar
French, noun/ku.ɡaʁ/
cougar is spelled C-O-U-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cougar is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of couguar (“cougar”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Autre nom du puma dans certaines régions d’Amérique”.
What does cougar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of couguar (“cougar”)
noun
- 1
feminineinformalcougar (an older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Autre nom du puma dans certaines régions d’Amérique.
noun: 1. Femme qui recherche et séduit des hommes plus jeunes qu’elle.
adjective: 1. Qui recherche et qui séduit des hommes plus jeunes qu’elle.
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 cougar
- cougars plural
- cougouar
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cougar?
- /ku.ɡaʁ/
- \ku.ɡaʁ\
- [ku.ɡaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cougar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cougar in French?
cougar appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).