aucun
French, determiner/o.kœ̃/
aucun is spelled A-U-C-U-N (5 letters) and appears 275 times per million words in written French, the 302nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aucun is a French masculine determiner meaning “no, none, not any” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does aucun mean in English?
determiner
- 1
masculineno, none, not any
Il n'a aucun désir de construire des temples.
pronoun
- 1
masculinenone, no-one
Aucun d'entre eux n'a été capable de répondre.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Nul ; pas un (associé à une négation : ne, sans …). 2. Quelque (sans négation à proximité : sens positif).
pronoun: 1. Nul ; pas un ; rien ou personne de l’antécédent.
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 aucun
- aucune feminine
- aucuns masculine plural
- aucunes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aucun?
- /o.kœ̃/
- /o.kœ̃.n‿/
- \o.kœ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aucun
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aucun in French?
aucun appears 275 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).