escogriffe
French, noun/ɛs.kɔ.ɡʁif/
escogriffe is spelled E-S-C-O-G-R-I-F-F-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escogriffe is a French masculine noun meaning “beanpole (lanky man)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme qui prend hardiment sans demander”.
What does escogriffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinebeanpole (lanky man)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme qui prend hardiment sans demander. 2. Homme de grande taille et dégingandé.
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 escogriffe
- escogriffes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escogriffe?
- /ɛs.kɔ.ɡʁif/
- \ɛs.kɔ.ɡʁif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escogriffe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escogriffe in French?
escogriffe appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).