zeugma
French, noun/zøɡ.ma/
zeugma is spelled Z-E-U-G-M-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeugma is a French masculine noun meaning “zeugma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Adjonction, sous-entendu”.
What does zeugma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezeugma
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Adjonction, sous-entendu. 2. Figure de style consistant à lier par la syntaxe deux mots ou groupes de mots, de sens et d’emplois différents, autour d’un unique verbe polysémique associé séparément à chacun de ces mots ou chacune de ces locutions.
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 zeugma
- zeugmas plural
- zeugme
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zeugma?
- /zøɡ.ma/
- \zøɡ.ma\
- [zøɡ.ma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zeugma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zeugma in French?
zeugma 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).