goum
French, noun/ɡum/
goum is spelled G-O-U-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Goum is a French masculine noun meaning “In North Africa, a squadron of the French army made up of native soldiers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contingent que devait fournir chaque tribu pour les expéditions militaires”.
What does goum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineIn North Africa, a squadron of the French army made up of native soldiers.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contingent que devait fournir chaque tribu pour les expéditions militaires. 2. Raid spirituel de huit jours lancé pour la première fois en 1969, par Michel Menu.
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 goum
- goums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce goum?
- /ɡum/
- \ɡum\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is goum in French?
goum appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).