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nigauder

French, verb/ni.ɡo.de/

nigauder is spelled N-I-G-A-U-D-E-R (8 letters). Nigauder is a French verb meaning “to play the fool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire des actions de nigaud”.

What does nigauder mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to play the fool

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Faire des actions de nigaud.

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 nigauder

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • nigaudant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • nigaudé participle past
  • nigaude first-person indicative present
  • nigaudes indicative present second-person
  • nigaudons first-person indicative plural
  • nigaudez indicative plural present
  • nigaudent indicative plural present
  • nigaudais first-person imperfect indicative
  • nigaudait imperfect indicative singular
  • nigaudions first-person imperfect indicative
  • nigaudiez imperfect indicative plural
  • nigaudaient imperfect indicative plural
  • nigaudai first-person historic indicative
  • nigaudas historic indicative past
  • nigauda historic indicative past
  • nigaudâmes first-person historic indicative

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

How do you pronounce nigauder?

  • /ni.ɡo.de/
  • \ni.ɡo.de\

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

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