Tanguy
French, noun/tɑ̃.ɡi/
Tanguy is spelled T-A-N-G-U-Y (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanguy is a French masculine noun meaning “an adult man who lives with his parents, similar to Italian mammone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeune adulte qui persiste à vouloir habiter avec ses parents”.
What does Tanguy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean adult man who lives with his parents, similar to Italian mammone.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeune adulte qui persiste à vouloir habiter avec ses parents.
noun: 1. Jeune adulte qui persiste à vouloir habiter avec ses parents.
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 Tanguy
- Tanguys plural
- tanguy
- tanguys plural
- Tanguy
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tanguy?
- /tɑ̃.ɡi/
- \tɑ̃.ɡi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tanguy in French?
Tanguy appears 1.4 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).