gabegie
French, noun/ɡab.ʒi/
gabegie is spelled G-A-B-E-G-I-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gabegie is a French feminine noun meaning “fraud, deceit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fraude”.
What does gabegie mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininefraud, deceit
- 2
femininedisorder brought on by mismanagement in a nation, an administration or a business
- 3
femininechaos
- 4
derogatoryfemininemuddle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fraude. 2. Désordre dans une administration, dans une entreprise, un pays, qui a pour cause des dépenses exagérées, et pour conséquences des pertes d’argent. L'expression gabegie financière est donc un pléonasme. 3. Ruse, tromperie.
noun: 1. Forme non standarde de gabegie.
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 gabegie
- gabegies plural
- gabégies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gabegie?
- /ɡab.ʒi/
- \ɡab.ʒi\
- \ɡa.be.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gabegie in French?
gabegie appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).