déguenillé
French, adjective/de.ɡ(ə).ni.je/
déguenillé is spelled D-É-G-U-E-N-I-L-L-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déguenillé is a French adjective meaning “ragged, tattered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dégueniller. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est vêtu de guenilles”.
What does déguenillé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ragged, tattered
verb
- 1
past participle of dégueniller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est vêtu de guenilles. 2. Qui est en forme de guenille.
noun: 1. Personne qui est vêtue de guenilles.
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 déguenillé
- déguenillée feminine
- déguenillés masculine plural
- déguenillées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déguenillé?
- /de.ɡ(ə).ni.je/
- \dɛɡ.ni.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déguenillé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déguenillé in French?
déguenillé appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).