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mug

French, noun/mœɡ/

mug is spelled M-U-G (3 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mug is a French masculine noun meaning “a large cup, generally used to serve cold drinks, a mug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande tasse dont la forme et la capacité rappellent une chope”.

What does mug mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea large cup, generally used to serve cold drinks, a mug

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Grande tasse dont la forme et la capacité rappellent une chope. 2. Maquillage d'une drag queen.

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 mug

  • mugs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mug?

  • /mœɡ/
  • \mœɡ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to mug

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mug in French?

mug appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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