gigoter
French, verb/ʒi.ɡɔ.te/
gigoter is spelled G-I-G-O-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gigoter is a French verb meaning “to wriggle (about)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remuer continuellement les jambes”.
What does gigoter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wriggle (about)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Remuer continuellement les jambes. 2. S’agiter, se démener. 3. Remuer, tortiller.
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 gigoter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- gigotant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- gigoté participle past
- gigote first-person indicative present
- gigotes indicative present second-person
- gigotons first-person indicative plural
- gigotez indicative plural present
- gigotent indicative plural present
- gigotais first-person imperfect indicative
- gigotait imperfect indicative singular
- gigotions first-person imperfect indicative
- gigotiez imperfect indicative plural
- gigotaient imperfect indicative plural
- gigotai first-person historic indicative
- gigotas historic indicative past
- gigota historic indicative past
- gigotâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gigoter?
- /ʒi.ɡɔ.te/
- \ʒi.ɡɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gigoter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gigoter in French?
gigoter appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).