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argh

French, interjection/aʁ/

argh is a French interjection meaning “argh (expression of annoyance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Interjection qui exprime le dépit, la colère, la frustration, la déception”.

What does argh mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    argh (expression of annoyance)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

interjection: 1. Interjection qui exprime le dépit, la colère, la frustration, la déception.

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.

How do you pronounce argh?

  • /aʁ/
  • /aʁɡ/
  • \aʁɡ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to argh

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is argh in French?

argh appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).