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fougasse

French, noun/fu.ɡas/

fougasse is a French feminine noun meaning “fougasse (land-mine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mine recouverte de pierre et de terre”.

What does fougasse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefougasse (land-mine)

noun

  1. 1

    femininefougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mine recouverte de pierre et de terre. 2. Coup de tête, incartade.

noun: 1. Pain provençal, assez plat, souvent sculpté à la préparation pour former plusieurs branches.

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 fougasse

  • fougasses plural
  • fougade
  • foucade
  • fouace
  • fougace

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fougasse?

  • /fu.ɡas/
  • \fu.ɡas\
  • [fu.ɡa.sə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fougasse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fougasse in French?

fougasse appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).