chaus
French, noun/ʃos/
chaus is spelled C-H-A-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaus is a French masculine noun meaning “jungle cat, Felis chaus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de grand chat sauvage des zones humides d’Égypte et du sud de l’Asie, aux poils assez courts, et qui…”.
What does chaus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejungle cat, Felis chaus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de grand chat sauvage des zones humides d’Égypte et du sud de l’Asie, aux poils assez courts, et qui ressemble à un petit lynx.
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 chaus?
- /ʃos/
- \ʃos\
- [ʃos]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chaus in French?
chaus 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).