pigache
French, noun/pi.ɡaʃ/
pigache is spelled P-I-G-A-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pigache is a French feminine noun meaning “a kind of rudimentary hoe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pied d’un sanglier, lorsqu’il a une pince à la trace plus longue que l’autre”.
What does pigache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea kind of rudimentary hoe
- 2
femininehoofprint of a wild boar longer on one side than the other
- 3
femininepigache, style of medieval shoe with an elongated toe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pied d’un sanglier, lorsqu’il a une pince à la trace plus longue que l’autre.
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 pigache
- pigaches plural
- pigace alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pigache?
- /pi.ɡaʃ/
- \pi.ɡaʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pigache in French?
pigache appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).