démagogue
French, noun/de.ma.ɡɔɡ/
démagogue is spelled D-É-M-A-G-O-G-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,168th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démagogue is a French feminine noun meaning “demagogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chef, meneur d'une faction populaire”.
What does démagogue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedemagogue
adjective
- 1
demagogic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chef, meneur d'une faction populaire. 2. Homme politique ou toute personne qui fait preuve de démagogie.
adjective: 1. Qualifie une personne qui pratique la démagogie.
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 démagogue
- démagogues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démagogue?
- /de.ma.ɡɔɡ/
- \de.ma.ɡɔɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to démagogue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démagogue in French?
démagogue appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).