nigaud
French, noun/ni.ɡo/
nigaud is spelled N-I-G-A-U-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,044th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nigaud is a French masculine noun meaning “nincompoop, goof, nitwit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne sotte et niaise”.
What does nigaud mean in English?
adjective
- 1
silly, dimwitted
noun
- 1
masculinenincompoop, goof, nitwit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sot et niais.
noun: 1. Personne sotte et niaise.
noun: 1. Petit cormoran.
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 nigaud
- nigaude feminine
- nigauds masculine plural
- nigaudes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nigaud?
- /ni.ɡo/
- \ni.ɡo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nigaud
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nigaud in French?
nigaud appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).