gigoteuse
French, noun/ʒi.ɡɔ.tøz/
gigoteuse is spelled G-I-G-O-T-E-U-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gigoteuse is a French feminine noun meaning “sleep sack, wearable blanket, sleeping sack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vêtement pour bébé qui est porté pour dormir, et qui ne laisse découverts que la tête et parfois les bras”.
What does gigoteuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesleep sack, wearable blanket, sleeping sack
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vêtement pour bébé qui est porté pour dormir, et qui ne laisse découverts que la tête et parfois les bras. 2. Celle qui gigote.
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 gigoteuse
- gigoteuses plural
- gigoteur masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gigoteuse?
- /ʒi.ɡɔ.tøz/
- \ʒi.ɡɔ.tøz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gigoteuse in French?
gigoteuse appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).