zigonner

\zi.ɡɔ.ne\

/\zi.ɡɔ.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“zigonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perdre son temps en essayant de faire quelque chose après plusieurs essais infructueux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zigonner · zigonner · French

zigonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for zigonner
PropertyValue
Headwordzigonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\zi.ɡɔ.ne\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « zigonner » en français

zigonnersiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zigonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \zi.ɡɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zigonner, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is zigonner, spelled Z-I-G-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perdre son temps en essayant de faire quelque chose après plusieurs essais infructueux.
  2. 2
    S'occuper à de petites choses qui peuvent paraître futiles, par plaisir, pour meubler son temps ou pour apporter de petites améliorations.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how zigonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il y a des gens qui […], quand on les observe avec un intérêt excessif, se mettent à rire. C'est le cas de Nicole ; c'est une ricaneuse. Sous nos yeux dilatés, braqués sur elle comme des feux rouges, elle tataouine les leviers, elle zigonne les pédales, elle s'agite, elle s'énerve.
  2. Un virus fonctionne comme un voleur qui veut entrer par effraction dans une maison. Il zigonne après chaque porte jusqu’à ce qu’il en trouve une qui n’est pas verrouillée, et il pénètre.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zigonner"?
"zigonner" is spelled Z-I-G-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \zi.ɡɔ.ne\.
What does "zigonner" mean?
As a verb, "zigonner" means: Perdre son temps en essayant de faire quelque chose après plusieurs essais infructueux.
How do you pronounce "zigonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zigonner" is \zi.ɡɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zigonner" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list