chihuahua
French, noun/ʃi.wa.wa/
chihuahua is spelled C-H-I-H-U-A-H-U-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chihuahua is a French masculine noun meaning “Chihuahua / chihuahua (the dog breed or an individual of this breed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Race de très petit chien de compagnie, originaire du Mexique, le chien le plus petit du monde, à poil court…”.
What does chihuahua mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineChihuahua / chihuahua (the dog breed or an individual of this breed)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Race de très petit chien de compagnie, originaire du Mexique, le chien le plus petit du monde, à poil court ou à poil long. 2. Personne qui crie et s'énerve pour un rien.
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 chihuahua
- chihuahuas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chihuahua?
- /ʃi.wa.wa/
- \ʃi.wa.wa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chihuahua
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chihuahua in French?
chihuahua appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).