harraga
French, noun/a.ʁa.ɡa/
harraga is spelled H-A-R-R-A-G-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harraga is a French masculine noun meaning “Maghrebi clandestine emigrant trying to reach Europe, particularly through dangerous means” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Émigrant tentant de quitter son pays pour rejoindre clandestinement l’Europe par des moyens risqués”.
What does harraga mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMaghrebi clandestine emigrant trying to reach Europe, particularly through dangerous means.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Émigrant tentant de quitter son pays pour rejoindre clandestinement l’Europe par des moyens risqués.
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 harraga
- harragas plural
- ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁa.ɡa\ invariable
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce harraga?
- /a.ʁa.ɡa/
- ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁa.ɡa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is harraga in French?
harraga appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).