ouïgour
French, noun
ouïgour is spelled O-U-Ï-G-O-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouïgour is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of ouïghour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ouïgour is a different word: “alternative spelling of Ouïghour”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de ouïghour : langue turque parlée en Asie centrale”.
What does ouïgour mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of ouïghour
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of ouïghour
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of Ouïghour
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de ouïghour : relatif à la langue nommée ouïghour. 2. Variante orthographique de ouïghour : relatif aux Ouïghours.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ouïghour : langue turque parlée en Asie centrale.
noun: 1. Membre d’un peuple du Xinjiang, en Chine.
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 ouïgour
- ouïgoure feminine
- ouïgours masculine plural
- ouïgoures feminine plural
- Ouïgours plural
- Ouïgoure feminine
- Ouïghour
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ouïgour in French?
ouïgour appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).