chakchouka
French, noun/ʃak.ʃu.ka/
chakchouka is spelled C-H-A-K-C-H-O-U-K-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chakchouka is a French feminine noun meaning “shakshuka (dish of eggs simmered in a mixture of vegetables and spices)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plat maghrébin et turc à base de légumes (poivrons ou piments, tomates, oignons, aubergines en Turquie…) et…”.
What does chakchouka mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshakshuka (dish of eggs simmered in a mixture of vegetables and spices)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plat maghrébin et turc à base de légumes (poivrons ou piments, tomates, oignons, aubergines en Turquie…) et d’œufs.
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 chakchouka
- chakchoukas plural
- chouchouka
- choukchouka
- shakshuka
- tchakchouka
- tchekchouka
- tchektchouka
- tchoutchouka
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chakchouka?
- /ʃak.ʃu.ka/
- \ʃak.ʃu.ka\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chakchouka
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chakchouka in French?
chakchouka appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).