ouguiya
French, noun/u.ɡi.ja/
ouguiya is spelled O-U-G-U-I-Y-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouguiya is a French masculine noun meaning “ouguiya (currency of Mauritania)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Devise officielle de la Mauritanie”.
What does ouguiya mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineouguiya (currency of Mauritania)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Devise officielle de la Mauritanie.
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 ouguiya
- ouguiyas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouguiya?
- /u.ɡi.ja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ouguiya in French?
ouguiya appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).