hooligan
French, noun/u.li.ɡɑ̃/
hooligan is spelled H-O-O-L-I-G-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 81,899th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hooligan is a French masculine noun meaning “hooligan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voyou d’Angleterre”.
What does hooligan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehooligan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Voyou d’Angleterre. 2. Perturbateur de l’ordre public (violent ou non), asocial. 3. Supporters ultra-violents de certains clubs de foot, qui agressent ceux des clubs adverses.
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 hooligan
- hooligans plural
- ^((h aspiré))\u.li.ɡɑ̃\ singular plural
- ^((h aspiré))\u.li.ɡan\ singular plural
- houligan
- khouligan
- khouligane
- kouligan
- kouligane
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hooligan?
- /u.li.ɡɑ̃/
- ^((h aspiré))\u.li.ɡɑ̃\
- ^((h aspiré))\u.li.ɡan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hooligan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hooligan in French?
hooligan appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).