espiègle
French, noun/ɛs.pjɛɡl/
espiègle is spelled E-S-P-I-È-G-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espiègle is a French masculine noun meaning “prankster, imp, rascal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui est vif et malicieux, sans méchanceté”.
What does espiègle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprankster, imp, rascal
adjective
- 1
playful, frolicsome
- 2
impish, mischievous
- 3
skittish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est vif et malicieux mais sans méchanceté.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui est vif et malicieux, sans méchanceté.
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 espiègle
- espiègles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espiègle?
- /ɛs.pjɛɡl/
- \ɛs.pjɛɡl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espiègle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espiègle in French?
espiègle appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).