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huguenote

French, adjective/yɡ.nɔt/

huguenote is spelled H-U-G-U-E-N-O-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 97,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Huguenote is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of huguenot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does huguenote mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of huguenot

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Appellation donnée par leurs ennemis aux protestantes calvinistes françaises pendant les guerres de religion. 2. Saint-Esprit, croix cévenole.

noun: 1. Petit fourneau de terre ou de fer avec une marmite dessus, propre à faire cuire quelque chose à peu de frais. 2. Récipient de terre sans pieds, propre à être mis sur le fourneau.

noun: 1. Surnom que l’on donnait aux protestantes calvinistes du royaume de France et de Navarre durant les guerres de Religion de la seconde moitié du XVIe siècle.

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 huguenote

  • huguenotes plural
  • ^((h aspiré))\yg.nɔt\ singular plural
  • huguenot masculine
  • huguenotte obsolete
  • Huguenotes plural
  • Huguenot

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce huguenote?

  • /yɡ.nɔt/
  • ^((h aspiré))\yg.nɔt\
  • \yg.nɔt\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to huguenote

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is huguenote in French?

huguenote 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).

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