pugnacité
French, noun/pyɡ.na.si.te/
pugnacité is spelled P-U-G-N-A-C-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,791st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pugnacité is a French feminine noun meaning “pugnacity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ardeur dans un combat physique, idéologique ou dans la défense d’intérêts”.
What does pugnacité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepugnacity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ardeur dans un combat physique, idéologique ou dans la défense d’intérêts.
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 pugnacité
- pugnacités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pugnacité?
- /pyɡ.na.si.te/
- \pyɡ.na.si.te\
- [pyɡ.na.si.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pugnacité in French?
pugnacité appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).