gaga
French, noun/ɡa.ɡa/
gaga is spelled G-A-G-A (4 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaga is a French feminine noun meaning “Stéphanois, person living in Saint-Étienne” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitant de Saint-Étienne”.
What does gaga mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalgaga (senile)
- 2
informalgaga (crazy)
- 3
informalgaga (infatuated)
adjective
- 1
informalStéphanois, of Saint-Étienne.
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineStéphanois, person living in Saint-Étienne.
- 2
femininemasculinethe parler gaga, a French variety spoken in the French city of Saint-Étienne, the North of the Forez and around.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Stéphanois.
adjective: 1. Sénile, gâteux. 2. Entiché, épris de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, admiratif.
noun: 1. Habitant de Saint-Étienne.
noun: 1. Langage populaire de Saint-Étienne et sa région.
noun: 1. Personne qui retombe dans l’enfance 2. Imbécile.
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 gaga
- gagas plural
- gagat
- gagate singular feminine
- gagates plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaga?
- /ɡa.ɡa/
- [ɡaɡɑ]
- [ɡaɡɒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gaga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gaga in French?
gaga appears 3.3 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).