iglou
French, noun/i.ɡlu/
iglou is spelled I-G-L-O-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iglou is a French masculine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of igloo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitation hémisphérique faite de blocs de neige (iglou de chasse), soit fait de tourbe”.
What does iglou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling of igloo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitation hémisphérique faite de blocs de neige (iglou de chasse), soit fait de tourbe.
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 iglou
- iglous plural
- igloo
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iglou?
- /i.ɡlu/
- \i.ɡlu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to iglou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iglou in French?
iglou appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).