pugnace
French, adjective/pyɡ.nas/
pugnace is spelled P-U-G-N-A-C-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 90,544th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pugnace is a French adjective meaning “pugnacious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui aime combattre, polémiquer”.
What does pugnace mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pugnacious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aime combattre, polémiquer.
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 pugnace
- pugnaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pugnace?
- /pyɡ.nas/
- \pyɡ.nas\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pugnace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pugnace in French?
pugnace appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).