fugue
French, noun
fugue is spelled F-U-G-U-E (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fugue is a French feminine noun meaning “fugue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fuguer. With an accent, fugué is a different word: “past participle of fuguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fuite”.
What does fugue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefugue
- 2
feminineinformalflight, act of running away, especially from home, elopement
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of fuguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fuite. 2. Morceau de musique, ou passage d’un morceau de musique, dans lequel différentes parties se suivent, se succèdent et semblent fuir et se poursuivre tour à tour, en répétant le même sujet d’après des règles établies. On parle de sujet, contre-sujet, réponse, exposition, épisodes, reprises modulées, stretto et pédales.
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 fugue
- fugues plural
- fuguée feminine
- fugués masculine plural
- fuguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fugue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fugue in French?
fugue 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).