adja
French, noun/a.dʒa/
adja is a French feminine noun meaning “A word used only in certain set phrases (see below)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot utilisé dans certaines expressions argotiques, où il signifie fuite ou simplement départ”.
What does adja mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangA word used only in certain set phrases (see below).
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mot utilisé dans certaines expressions argotiques, où il signifie fuite ou simplement départ.
noun: 1. Langue gbe parlée par les Adja au Bénin et au Togo.
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 adja
- adjas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adja?
- /a.dʒa/
- \ad.ʒa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adja in French?
adja appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).