gourou
French, noun/ɡu.ʁu/
gourou is spelled G-O-U-R-O-U (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gourou is a French masculine noun meaning “guru” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maître spirituel hindou”.
What does gourou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguru
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maître spirituel hindou. 2. Expert dans un domaine particulier dont les avis sont largement reconnus et respectés. 3. Chef d’un petit groupe spirituel, manipulateur, sectaire, fantaisiste, ou même dangereux. 4. Personne qui dicte aux autres quoi faire ou quoi penser en prétendant être dépositaire de la vérité, et dont les adeptes sont assimilés à des disciples.
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 gourou
- gourous plural
- guru alternative
- gouroue feminine
- gourelle feminine
- gouroute feminine
- gurvi feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gourou?
- /ɡu.ʁu/
- \ɡu.ʁu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gourou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gourou in French?
gourou appears 2.3 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).