bonzaï
French, noun/bɔ̃.zaj/
bonzaï is spelled B-O-N-Z-A-Ï (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonzaï is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of bonsaï (“bonsai”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de bonsaï”.
What does bonzaï mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of bonsaï (“bonsai”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de bonsaï.
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 bonzaï
- bonzaïs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonzaï?
- /bɔ̃.zaj/
- /bɔn.zaj/
- \bɔ̃.zaj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bonzaï
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bonzaï in French?
bonzaï appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).