ligue
French, noun
ligue is spelled L-I-G-U-E (5 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written French, the 1,164th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ligue is a French feminine noun meaning “league (alliance, group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of liguer. With an accent, ligué is a different word: “past participle of liguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Confédération de plusieurs États, pour se défendre ou pour attaquer”.
What does ligue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineleague (alliance, group)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of liguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Confédération de plusieurs États, pour se défendre ou pour attaquer. 2. Union qui s’était formée en France, vers la fin du seizième siècle, pour défendre la religion catholique contre les huguenots. 3. Complot, cabale que plusieurs particuliers font ensemble pour réussir dans quelque projet. 4. Association à but social ou humanitaire.
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 ligue
- ligues plural
- liguée feminine
- ligués masculine plural
- liguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ligue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ligue in French?
ligue appears 72 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).