buzz
French, noun/bøz/
buzz is spelled B-U-Z-Z (4 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,048th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buzz is a French masculine noun meaning “buzz (excitement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rumeur créée pour faire parler de soi, de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un”.
What does buzz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuzz (excitement)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rumeur créée pour faire parler de soi, de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un. 2. Bruit de fond, friture indésirable. 3. Joint, cigarette de cannabis.
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.
How do you pronounce buzz?
- /bøz/
- /byz/
- \bœz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to buzz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buzz in French?
buzz appears 9.3 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).