moucheron
French, noun/muʃ.ʁɔ̃/
moucheron is spelled M-O-U-C-H-E-R-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moucheron is a French masculine noun meaning “gnat, midge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite mouche”.
What does moucheron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegnat, midge
- 2
colloquialmasculinekid, nipper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite mouche. 2. Petit enfant.
noun: 1. Bout de la mèche d’une chandelle, d’une bougie qui brûle.
adjective: 1. Relatif à La Mouche, commune française située dans le département de la Manche.
noun: 1. Habitant de La Mouche, commune française située dans le département de la Manche.
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 moucheron
- moucherons plural
- moucheronne singular feminine
- moucheronnes plural feminine
- Moucherons plural
- Moucheronne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moucheron?
- /muʃ.ʁɔ̃/
- \muʃ.ʁɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃ muʃ.ʁɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moucheron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moucheron in French?
moucheron appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).