nugget
French, noun\nœ.ɡɛt\
nugget is spelled N-U-G-G-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 79,170th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nugget is a French masculine noun meaning “a chicken nugget” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau, habituellement de poulet, ou à base de poulet (occasionnellement un autre ingrédient est utilisé à…”.
What does nugget mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea chicken nugget
- 2
masculinea croquette, a food item shaped like a chicken nugget, with a crispy exterior
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau, habituellement de poulet, ou à base de poulet (occasionnellement un autre ingrédient est utilisé à la place, comme du fromage, ou du bœuf), pané, et frit à l’huile ou cuit au four. 2. Pépite.
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 nugget
- nuggets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nugget?
- \nœ.ɡɛt\
- \nɔ.ɡɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nugget in French?
nugget appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).