rigodon
French, noun/ʁi.ɡɔ.dɔ̃/
rigodon is spelled R-I-G-O-D-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rigodon is a French masculine noun meaning “rigadoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Air de danse, à deux temps et très animé”.
What does rigodon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerigadoon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Air de danse, à deux temps et très animé. 2. Danse exécutée sur cet air. 3. Signal sonore ou visuel signalant, lors d’un exercice de tir, que la cible a été atteinte.
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 rigodon
- rigodons plural
- rigaudon alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rigodon?
- /ʁi.ɡɔ.dɔ̃/
- \ʁi.ɡɔ.dɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rigodon in French?
rigodon appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).