chut
French, interjection
chut is spelled C-H-U-T (4 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chut is a French interjection meaning “shush (a request of silence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular past historic of choir. With an accent, chût is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of choir”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Interjection dont on se sert pour avertir ou ordonner de faire silence”.
What does chut mean in English?
interjection
- 1
shush (a request of silence)
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of choir
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of choir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Interjection dont on se sert pour avertir ou ordonner de faire silence.
noun: 1. Appel à se taire, à faire le silence. 2. Silence, interruption du son.
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 chut
- chtt alternative
- chuts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chut in French?
chut appears 4.2 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).