cash
French, adverb/kaʃ/
cash is spelled C-A-S-H (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cash is a French adverb meaning “in cash (of paying)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Comptant”.
What does cash mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialin cash (of paying)
- 2
colloquialbluntly, directly, straight up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Comptant. 2. De manière directe, franche, voire abrupte.
noun: 1. Nom donné par les Européens au li, unité de poids chinoise.
noun: 1. Argent liquide, espèces.
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 cash
- cashs plural
- cache
- casch
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cash?
- /kaʃ/
- \kaʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cash in French?
cash appears 11 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).