rouget
French, noun/ʁu.ʒɛ/
rouget is spelled R-O-U-G-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rouget is a French masculine noun meaning “red mullet (UK), goatfish (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné à différents poissons de coloration rouge, et spécialement à un petit poisson de la méditerranée…”.
What does rouget mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinered mullet (UK), goatfish (US)
- 2
masculinegurnard
- 3
masculineswine erysipelas (porcine infectuous disease)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné à différents poissons de coloration rouge, et spécialement à un petit poisson de la méditerranée qui a deux longues barbes sous la mâchoire inférieure. 2. Maladie infectieuse qui sévit sur les porcs, contagieuse, transmissible à l’être humain et caractérisée par des plaques rouges sur la peau. 3. Cuivre rouge. 4. Nom populaire de divers champignons, roses ou orangés, tels l’oronge, etc.
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 rouget
- rougets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rouget?
- /ʁu.ʒɛ/
- \ʁu.ʒɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rouget
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rouget in French?
rouget appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).