gang
French, noun/ɡɑ̃ɡ/
gang is spelled G-A-N-G (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gang is a French feminine noun meaning “gang, group of ill-doer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Troupe de malfaiteurs ; bande criminelle”.
What does gang mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinegang, group of ill-doer
- 2
Quebeccolloquialfemininemasculinea group of friends
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Troupe de malfaiteurs ; bande criminelle. 2. Bande, groupe.
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 gang
- gangs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gang?
- France /ɡɑ̃ɡ/
- Canada /ɡaŋ/
- \ɡɑ̃ɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gang in French?
gang appears 13 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).