convoi
French, noun/kɔ̃.vwa/
convoi is spelled C-O-N-V-O-I (6 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convoi is a French masculine noun meaning “convoy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réunion plus ou moins grande de navires de commerce naviguant sous l’escorte d’un ou de plusieurs vaisseaux…”.
What does convoi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconvoy
- 2
masculineload (used in the phrase convoi exceptionnel)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réunion plus ou moins grande de navires de commerce naviguant sous l’escorte d’un ou de plusieurs vaisseaux armés. 2. Force navale qui escorte. 3. Transport de munitions, de vivres, etc. 4. Troupes que l’on transporte d’un point à un autre.
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 convoi
- convois plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convoi?
- /kɔ̃.vwa/
- \kɔ̃.vwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to convoi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convoi in French?
convoi appears 7.4 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).