guignol
French, noun/ɡi.ɲɔl/
guignol is spelled G-U-I-G-N-O-L (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,266th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guignol is a French masculine noun meaning “fool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marionnette animée de l’intérieur par les doigts du marionnettiste”.
What does guignol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefool
Quel guignol!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marionnette animée de l’intérieur par les doigts du marionnettiste. 2. Petit théâtre de marionnettes comique dont Guignol est le principal personnage. 3. Logette posée sur la coulisse ou sur la scène et où le directeur et les acteurs peuvent se tenir. 4. Pitre, clown.
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 guignol
- guignols plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guignol?
- /ɡi.ɲɔl/
- \ɡi.ɲɔl\
- [ɡi.ɲɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guignol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guignol in French?
guignol appears 1.9 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).