wigwam
French, noun/wi.ɡwam/
wigwam is spelled W-I-G-W-A-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wigwam is a French masculine noun meaning “wigwam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type d’habitation traditionnelle construite par les Amérindiens semi-nomades d’Amérique du Nord”.
What does wigwam mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewigwam
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type d’habitation traditionnelle construite par les Amérindiens semi-nomades d’Amérique du Nord.
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 wigwam
- wigwams plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wigwam?
- /wi.ɡwam/
- \wiɡ.wam\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wigwam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wigwam in French?
wigwam appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).