brouhaha
French, noun/bʁu.a.a/
brouhaha is spelled B-R-O-U-H-A-H-A (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brouhaha is a French masculine noun meaning “brouhaha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit confus produit par une foule, et qui est souvent un signe d’approbation ou de désapprobation”.
What does brouhaha mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrouhaha
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit confus produit par une foule, et qui est souvent un signe d’approbation ou de désapprobation. 2. Bruit confus, tumulte. 3. Agitation, sans idée de bruit.
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 brouhaha
- brouhahas plural
- brouha
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brouhaha?
- /bʁu.a.a/
- \bʁu.a.a\
- [bru.a.a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brouhaha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brouhaha in French?
brouhaha appears 1.1 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).