harangue
French, noun
harangue is spelled H-A-R-A-N-G-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harangue is a French feminine noun meaning “harangue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of haranguer. With an accent, harangué is a different word: “past participle of haranguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Discours fait à une assemblée, à un prince ou à quelque autre personne élevée en dignité”.
What does harangue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineharangue
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of haranguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Discours fait à une assemblée, à un prince ou à quelque autre personne élevée en dignité. 2. Discours ennuyeux ; longue remontrance.
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 harangue
- harangues plural
- haranguée feminine
- harangués masculine plural
- haranguées feminine plural
- ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃ɡ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to harangue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is harangue in French?
harangue appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).