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chifoumi

French, noun/ʃi.fu.mi/

chifoumi is spelled C-H-I-F-O-U-M-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chifoumi is a French masculine noun meaning “rock paper scissors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre-feuille-ciseaux, jeu de main à 3 positions”.

What does chifoumi mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerock paper scissors

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pierre-feuille-ciseaux, jeu de main à 3 positions.

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 chifoumi

  • shifoumi alternative
  • shifumi alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chifoumi?

  • /ʃi.fu.mi/
  • \ʃi.fu.mi\
  • [ʃifuˈmi]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is chifoumi in French?

chifoumi appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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