encagoulé
French, adjective
encagoulé is spelled E-N-C-A-G-O-U-L-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encagoulé is a French adjective meaning “wearing a balaclava” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encagouler. Without its accent, encagoule is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui porte une cagoule”.
What does encagoulé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wearing a balaclava
verb
- 1
past participle of encagouler
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui porte une cagoule.
noun: 1. Terroriste qui porte une cagoule lors de parades d'intimidation meurtrière.
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 encagoulé
- encagoulée feminine
- encagoulés masculine plural
- encagoulées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is encagoulé in French?
encagoulé appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).