harpagon
French, noun/aʁ.pa.ɡɔ̃/
harpagon is spelled H-A-R-P-A-G-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 97,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harpagon is a French masculine noun meaning “a very miserly and selfish person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Avare”.
What does harpagon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea very miserly and selfish person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Avare.
noun: 1. Avare ; grippe-sou.
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 harpagon
- harpagons plural
- harpagonne feminine
- Harpagon
- harpagon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce harpagon?
- /aʁ.pa.ɡɔ̃/
- \aʁ.pa.ɡɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to harpagon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is harpagon in French?
harpagon appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).