chum
French, noun/tʃɔm/
chum is spelled C-H-U-M (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chum is a French masculine noun meaning “boyfriend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ami (sans idée d’amour)”.
What does chum mean in English?
noun
- 1
CanadaQuebecinformalmasculineboyfriend
Elle m'a présenté son nouveau chum.
- 2
CanadaQuebecmasculineslanga friend, usually male; a chum
J'suis allé danser avec une gang de chums.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ami (sans idée d’amour). 2. Amoureux, dans un couple non marié.
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 chum
- chums plural
- blonde feminine
- chum de fille feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chum?
- /tʃɔm/
- \tʃɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chum in French?
chum appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).