chaouch
French, noun/ʃa.uʃ/
chaouch is spelled C-H-A-O-U-C-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaouch is a French masculine noun meaning “chiaus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sergent, officier ottoman”.
What does chaouch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechiaus
- 2
masculinea service industry worker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sergent, officier ottoman. 2. Gradé de n’importe quelle armée. 3. Huissier en Afrique du Nord, au temps des colonisations ottomane puis française. 4. Garçon de bureau.
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 chaouch
- chaouchs plural
- chaouches plural
- chaouche alternative archaic
- chaoux alternative obsolete
- chiaoux alternative obsolete
- schaouch alternative obsolete
- tchaouch alternative obsolete
- tchaouche alternative obsolete
- chaouss
- tchiaousch
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaouch?
- /ʃa.uʃ/
- \ʃa.uʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chaouch in French?
chaouch appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).