bisou
French, noun/bi.zu/
bisou is spelled B-I-S-O-U (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisou is a French masculine noun meaning “kiss (friendly kiss)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contact effectué avec les lèvres en signe d’amour ou d’affection sur la joue”.
What does bisou mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinekiss (friendly kiss)
Il m'a fait un bisou.
- 2
informalmasculinelots of love
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contact effectué avec les lèvres en signe d’amour ou d’affection sur la joue. 2. Salutation affectueuse.
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 bisou
- bisous plural
- bizou
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bisou?
- /bi.zu/
- \bi.zu\
- [bi.zu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bisou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bisou in French?
bisou appears 3.5 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).