guignon
French, noun/ɡi.ɲɔ̃/
guignon is spelled G-U-I-G-N-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guignon is a French masculine noun meaning “(persistent) bad luck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Malchance persistante”.
What does guignon mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedinformalmasculine(persistent) bad luck
porter le guignon à quelqu'un
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Malchance persistante. 2. Tête de Turc.
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 guignon
- guignons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guignon?
- /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/
- \ɡi.ɲɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is guignon in French?
guignon appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).