dégingandé
French, adjective/de.ʒɛ̃.ɡɑ̃.de/
dégingandé is spelled D-É-G-I-N-G-A-N-D-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dégingandé is a French adjective meaning “lanky, gangling, gawky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dégingander. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui, dans ses mouvements et dans son attitude, paraît avoir quelque chose de mal ordonné, en parlant d’une…”.
What does dégingandé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lanky, gangling, gawky
verb
- 1
past participle of dégingander
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui, dans ses mouvements et dans son attitude, paraît avoir quelque chose de mal ordonné, en parlant d’une personne de grande taille.
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 dégingandé
- dégingandée feminine
- dégingandés masculine plural
- dégingandées feminine plural
- déguingandé
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dégingandé?
- /de.ʒɛ̃.ɡɑ̃.de/
- \de.ʒɛ̃.ɡɑ̃.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dégingandé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dégingandé in French?
dégingandé appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).