nganga
French, noun/nɡan.ɡa/
nganga is spelled N-G-A-N-G-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nganga is a French masculine noun meaning “an African witch doctor or specialist in traditional medicine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tradipatricien, guérisseur, féticheur”.
What does nganga mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean African witch doctor or specialist in traditional medicine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tradipatricien, guérisseur, féticheur.
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 nganga
- n’ganga
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nganga?
- /nɡan.ɡa/
- \nɡan.ɡa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nganga in French?
nganga appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).