lingot
French, noun/lɛ̃.ɡo/
lingot is spelled L-I-N-G-O-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lingot is a French masculine noun meaning “ingot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Barre ou morceau de métal fondu, qui n’est ni monnayé ni ouvragé, principalement en parlant de métaux…”.
What does lingot mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineingot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Barre ou morceau de métal fondu, qui n’est ni monnayé ni ouvragé, principalement en parlant de métaux précieux. 2. Petit morceau de fer ou de plomb, de forme cylindrique, dont on charge quelquefois le fusil, au lieu de balles. 3. Variété de haricot. 4. Morceau de métal utilisé pour remplir les espaces blancs d’une page, et en particulier ceux qui séparent les colonnes de texte.
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 lingot
- lingots plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lingot?
- /lɛ̃.ɡo/
- /lɛ̃.ɡɔ/
- \lɛ̃.ɡo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lingot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lingot in French?
lingot appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).