rigoureux
French, adjective/ʁi.ɡu.ʁø/
rigoureux is a French adjective meaning “rigorous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait preuve de rigueur, qui est d’une sévérité inflexible”.
What does rigoureux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rigorous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait preuve de rigueur, qui est d’une sévérité inflexible. 2. Qui est sévère, dur, difficile à supporter, en parlant des choses. 3. Qui est rude, âpre, dur à supporter, en parlant de la température. 4. Qui est rigide, austère, qui demande ou qui dénote une exactitude inflexible.
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 rigoureux
- rigoureuse feminine
- rigoureuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rigoureux?
- /ʁi.ɡu.ʁø/
- \ʁi.ɡu.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rigoureux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rigoureux in French?
rigoureux appears 4.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).