zouave
Zou·ave/zuˈɑv/noun
zouave is spelled Z-O-U-A-V-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (Zou·ave). It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zouave means “a French soldier in the Union army of the Unites States civil war, or a Union soldier in a French soldier's uniform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zouave is zouaves.
How many letters and syllables are in zouave?
| Letters | 6: Z-O-U-A-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Zou·ave |
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is zouave?
Zouave appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce zouave?
- UK /zuːˈɑːv/
- UK /zwɑːv/
- US /zuˈɑv/
Zouave has 2 syllables, split Zou·ave in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Zouave.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with zouave?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as zouave from its last stressed vowel (/ɑv/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of zouave
- zouaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zouave mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a French soldier in the Union army of the Unites States civil war, or a Union soldier in a French soldier's uniform.
noun
- 1
One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.
- 2
One of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves in French service, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War (1861–65).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Zouave in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a Kabyle or French soldier in Kabyle dress:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does zouave come from?
Borrowed from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).