mangouste
French, noun/mɑ̃.ɡust/
mangouste is spelled M-A-N-G-O-U-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mangouste is a French feminine noun meaning “mongoose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit du mangoustan, de la grosseur d’une petite orange et d’une saveur sucrée, légèrement acide avec un…”.
What does mangouste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemongoose
noun
- 1
femininemangosteen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit du mangoustan, de la grosseur d’une petite orange et d’une saveur sucrée, légèrement acide avec un parfum de framboise.
noun: 1. Une des espèces de petits mammifères quadrupèdes digitigrades carnivores de l’Ancien Monde de la taille d’un chat et de la forme d’une martre, à longue queue, qui s’apprivoisent facilement et détruisent des animaux nuisibles.
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 mangouste
- mangoustes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mangouste?
- /mɑ̃.ɡust/
- \mɑ̃.ɡust\
- [mɑ̃.ɡust]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mangouste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mangouste in French?
mangouste appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).