exigu
French, adjective/ɛɡ.zi.ɡy/
exigu is spelled E-X-I-G-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exigu is a French adjective meaning “small, tiny, poky, exiguous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit, modique, avec insuffisance”.
What does exigu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
small, tiny, poky, exiguous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Petit, modique, avec insuffisance.
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 exigu
- exiguë feminine
- exigüe feminine
- exigus masculine plural
- exiguës feminine plural
- exigües feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exigu?
- /ɛɡ.zi.ɡy/
- \ɛɡ.zi.ɡy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exigu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exigu in French?
exigu appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).