linger
French, noun/lɛ̃.ʒe/
linger is spelled L-I-N-G-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linger is a French masculine noun meaning “linenkeeper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fabrique, qui vend du linge”.
What does linger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelinenkeeper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui fabrique, qui vend du linge. 2. Celui qui lave et entretient le linge. 3. Dans une communauté, un collège, celui qui a la garde et le soin du linge.
verb: 1. Bien s’habiller.
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 linger
- lingers plural
- lingère feminine
- se linger pronominal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linger?
- /lɛ̃.ʒe/
- \lɛ̃.ʒe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is linger in French?
linger appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).