meringue
French, noun
meringue is spelled M-E-R-I-N-G-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meringue is a French feminine noun meaning “meringue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of meringuer. With an accent, meringué is a different word: “past participle of meringuer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de pâtisserie très légère faite avec des blancs d’œuf et du sucre en poudre”.
What does meringue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeringue
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of meringuer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de pâtisserie très légère faite avec des blancs d’œuf et du sucre en poudre. 2. Appareil utilisé pour cette pâtisserie, utilisé comme base pour de nombreuses préparations. 3. Coiffure, vêtement, évoquant l’aspect d’une meringue.
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 meringue
- meringues plural
- meringuée feminine
- meringués masculine plural
- meringuées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to meringue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meringue in French?
meringue 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).