appui
French, noun/a.pɥi/
appui is spelled A-P-P-U-I (5 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written French, the 2,767th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Appui is a French masculine noun meaning “support” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui sert à soutenir une chose ou une personne pour l’empêcher de tomber, de chanceler, etc”.
What does appui mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesupport
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui sert à soutenir une chose ou une personne pour l’empêcher de tomber, de chanceler, etc. 2. Ce sur quoi on s’appuie. 3. La partie d’une fenêtre, d’une balustrade, etc., sur laquelle on peut s’appuyer. 4. Le point d’appui d’un levier; Le point du levier qui est fixe, ou censé tel, et autour duquel s’opère sa rotation.
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 appui
- appuis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce appui?
- /a.pɥi/
- \a.pɥi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to appui
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is appui in French?
appui appears 29 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).