duègne
French, noun/dɥɛɲ/
duègne is spelled D-U-È-G-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duègne is a French feminine noun meaning “chaperone, duenna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gouvernante ou femme âgée chargée de veiller sur la conduite d’une jeune personne”.
What does duègne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechaperone, duenna
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gouvernante ou femme âgée chargée de veiller sur la conduite d’une jeune personne.
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 duègne
- duègnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duègne?
- /dɥɛɲ/
- \dɥɛɲ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duègne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duègne in French?
duègne appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).