maniguette
French, noun\ma.ni.ɡɛt\
maniguette is spelled M-A-N-I-G-U-E-T-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written French, the 273,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maniguette is a French feminine noun meaning “grain of paradise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aframomum melegueta, plante herbacée, rhizomateuse de la famille des Zingibéracées (Zingiberaceae)…”.
What does maniguette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrain of paradise
- 2
femininemalagueta, the plant which produces grains of paradise
- 3
femininenutmeg
- 4
femininethingamajig
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aframomum melegueta, plante herbacée, rhizomateuse de la famille des Zingibéracées (Zingiberaceae), originaire de Guinée équatoriale et dont les graines sont utilisées comme épice au goût poivré et piquant. 2. Graine de cette plante.
noun: 1. Habitante de Malleloy, commune française située dans le département de la Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 maniguette
- maniguettes plural
- Maniguettes plural
- Maniguet masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maniguette?
- \ma.ni.ɡɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maniguette in French?
maniguette appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).