crevette Bigeard
French, noun\kʁe.vɛt bi.ʒaʁ\
crevette Bigeard is spelled C-R-E-V-E-T-T-E-B-I-G-E-A-R-D (15 letters). Crevette Bigeard is a French feminine noun meaning “a death flight victim during the Algerian War who had their feet affixed in concrete before being thrown off from helicopters into the ocean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne victime de vol de la mort, précipitée en mer depuis un hélicoptère avec les pieds dans une bassine…”.
What does crevette Bigeard mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea death flight victim during the Algerian War who had their feet affixed in concrete before being thrown off from helicopters into the ocean.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne victime de vol de la mort, précipitée en mer depuis un hélicoptère avec les pieds dans une bassine de ciment, pendant la guerre d’Algérie.
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 crevette Bigeard
- crevettes Bigeard plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crevette Bigeard?
- \kʁe.vɛt bi.ʒaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.