Tourangelle
French, noun
Tourangelle is a French feminine noun meaning “female native or inhabitant of the city of Tours, the prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, tourangelle is a different word: “feminine singular of tourangeau”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante de Tours, commune française située dans le département de l’Indre-et-Loire”.
What does Tourangelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale native or inhabitant of the city of Tours, the prefecture of the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
- 2
femininefemale native or inhabitant of Touraine, a former province of central France
- 3
femininefemale native or inhabitant of Touraine, a neighbourhood of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of tourangeau
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitante de Tours, commune française située dans le département de l’Indre-et-Loire. 2. Habitante de la Touraine
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 Tourangelle
- Tourangelles plural
- Tourangeau masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Tourangelle in French?
Tourangelle appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).