virago
French, noun/vi.ʁa.ɡo/
virago is spelled V-I-R-A-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virago is a French feminine noun meaning “virago” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme autoritaire, grossière, rude. → voir dragon, gendarme, harpie, mégère”.
What does virago mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevirago
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme autoritaire, grossière, rude. → voir dragon, gendarme, harpie, mégère. 2. Femme d’allure virile ou de comportement masculin.
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 virago
- viragos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce virago?
- /vi.ʁa.ɡo/
- \vi.ʁa.ɡo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to virago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is virago in French?
virago appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).