beaucoup
French, adverb/bo.ku/
beaucoup is spelled B-E-A-U-C-O-U-P (8 letters) and appears 562 times per million words in written French, the 143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beaucoup is a French adverb meaning “much, very much, a lot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En grande quantité”.
What does beaucoup mean in English?
adverb
- 1
much, very much, a lot
Merci beaucoup!
- 2
very
Un beaucoup vieux homme.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En grande quantité. 2. Considérablement. 3. Suivi d’un adjectif ou d’un adverbe de comparaison, il exprime une augmentation ou une différence considérable. 4. Un grand nombre.
pronoun: 1. De nombreuses gens. 2. De nombreuses choses.
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 beaucoup
- boucoup alternative Louisiana
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beaucoup?
- /bo.ku/
- /bu.ku/
- \bo.ku\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beaucoup
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beaucoup in French?
beaucoup appears 562 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).