pugiliste
French, noun/py.ʒi.list/
pugiliste is spelled P-U-G-I-L-I-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pugiliste is a French feminine noun meaning “pugilist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui pratique le pugilat”.
What does pugiliste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepugilist
- 2
femininemasculineboxer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui pratique le pugilat. 2. Celui qui pratique la boxe, boxeur.
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 pugiliste
- pugilistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pugiliste?
- /py.ʒi.list/
- \py.ʒi.list\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pugiliste in French?
pugiliste appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).