enguirlander
French, verb/ɑ̃.ɡiʁ.lɑ̃.de/
enguirlander is spelled E-N-G-U-I-R-L-A-N-D-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enguirlander is a French verb meaning “to festoon, hang with garlands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entourer ou garnir de guirlandes”.
What does enguirlander mean in English?
verb
- 1
to festoon, hang with garlands
- 2
colloquialto tell off, tick off
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entourer ou garnir de guirlandes. 2. , Couvrir d’éloges, encenser, souvent en vue de plaire. 3. Réprimander ; engueuler ; gourmander.
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 enguirlander
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- enguirlandant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- enguirlandé participle past
- enguirlande first-person indicative present
- enguirlandes indicative present second-person
- enguirlandons first-person indicative plural
- enguirlandez indicative plural present
- enguirlandent indicative plural present
- enguirlandais first-person imperfect indicative
- enguirlandait imperfect indicative singular
- enguirlandions first-person imperfect indicative
- enguirlandiez imperfect indicative plural
- enguirlandaient imperfect indicative plural
- enguirlandai first-person historic indicative
- enguirlandas historic indicative past
- enguirlanda historic indicative past
- enguirlandâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enguirlander?
- /ɑ̃.ɡiʁ.lɑ̃.de/
- \ɑ̃.ɡiʁ.lɑ̃.de\
- [ɑ̃.ɡiʁ.lɑ̃.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 enguirlander
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enguirlander in French?
enguirlander appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).