gigolo
French, noun/ʒi.ɡɔ.lo/
gigolo is spelled G-I-G-O-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gigolo is a French masculine noun meaning “gigolo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compagnon d’une gigolette – son amant de cœur, alors qu’elle peut être entretenue par un autre homme”.
What does gigolo mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalmasculinegigolo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compagnon d’une gigolette – son amant de cœur, alors qu’elle peut être entretenue par un autre homme. 2. Proxénète, souteneur. 3. Homme entretenu par une personne plus âgée dont il est l’amant. 4. Homme de bonne condition extérieure, mais dont les moyens de subsistances sont louches.
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 gigolo
- gigolos plural
- gigolette feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gigolo?
- /ʒi.ɡɔ.lo/
- \ʒi.ɡo.lo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gigolo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gigolo in French?
gigolo 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).