fougue
French, noun/fuɡ/
fougue is spelled F-O-U-G-U-E (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fougue is a French feminine noun meaning “enthusiasm, ardour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ardeur naturelle ; grande impétuosité”.
What does fougue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineenthusiasm, ardour
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ardeur naturelle ; grande impétuosité. 2. Hardiesse, mouvement, en parlant d’un poète, d’un orateur ou d’un artiste.
noun: 1. Coup de vent. 2. Usité dans les expressions.
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 fougue
- fougues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fougue?
- /fuɡ/
- \fuɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fougue in French?
fougue appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).