virga
French, noun/viʁ.ɡa/
virga is spelled V-I-R-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virga is a French feminine noun meaning “virga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Précipitation n’atteignant pas le sol, formée de cristaux de glace qui se subliment ou de gouttes liquides…”.
What does virga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevirga
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Précipitation n’atteignant pas le sol, formée de cristaux de glace qui se subliment ou de gouttes liquides qui s'évaporent sous un nuage en passant dans une couche épaisse d'air non saturé.
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 virga
- virgas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce virga?
- /viʁ.ɡa/
- \viʁ.ɡa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is virga in French?
virga appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).