alfa
French, noun
alfa is spelled A-L-F-A (4 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfa is a French masculine noun meaning “esparto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Alfa is a different word: “short for Alfa Romeo”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Graminée de l’Afrique du Nord appartenant à la famille des Poacées (Stipa tenacissima) dont on fait des…”.
What does alfa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineesparto
noun
- 1
feminineshort for Alfa Romeo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Graminée de l’Afrique du Nord appartenant à la famille des Poacées (Stipa tenacissima) dont on fait des cordages, des nattes, du papier, etc. 2. Papier fabriqué avec cette plante.
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 alfa
- alfas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alfa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfa in French?
alfa appears 1.6 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).