lourdingue
French, adjective/luʁ.dɛ̃ɡ/
lourdingue is spelled L-O-U-R-D-I-N-G-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lourdingue is a French adjective meaning “clunky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lourd, dépourvu de finesse, de subtilité”.
What does lourdingue mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialclunky
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Lourd, dépourvu de finesse, de subtilité.
noun: 1. Personnage lourd et dépourvu de finesse ou de subtilité.
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 lourdingue
- lourdingues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lourdingue?
- /luʁ.dɛ̃ɡ/
- \luʁ.dɛ̃ɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lourdingue in French?
lourdingue appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).