fourgue
French, noun
fourgue is spelled F-O-U-R-G-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fourgue is a French masculine noun meaning “fence, receiver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fourguer. With an accent, fourgué is a different word: “past participle of fourguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le recel”.
What does fourgue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangfence, receiver
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of fourguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le recel.
noun: 1. Receleur.
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 fourgue
- fourgues plural
- fourguée feminine
- fourgués masculine plural
- fourguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fourgue in French?
fourgue appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).