zouk
/zuk/noun, verb
zouk is spelled Z-O-U-K: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zouk means “A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zouk is zouks.
How many letters and syllables are in zouk?
| Letters | 4: Z-O-U-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is zouk?
Zouk appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 zouk?
- /zuk/
- /zuːk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-zouk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of zouk
- zouks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- zouking participle, present
- zouked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zouk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music
verb
- 1
To dance to zouk music.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does zouk come from?
From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).