dieu
French, noun/djø/
dieu is spelled D-I-E-U (4 letters) and appears 251 times per million words in written French, the 335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dieu is a French masculine noun meaning “a god, male divinity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être surnaturel objet de déférence d’une religion”.
What does dieu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea god, male divinity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Mon Dieu.
noun: 1. Être surnaturel objet de déférence d’une religion. 2. Celui qui est l’objet d’un grand enthousiasme, d’une vénération profonde, d’une vive reconnaissance, d’un extrême attachement. 3. Personne qui démontre un talent exceptionnel dans un domaine particulier. 4. Être adoré.
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 dieu
- dieux plural
- déesse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dieu?
- /djø/
- Quebec /dzjø/
- /d͡ʒø/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dieu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dieu in French?
dieu appears 251 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).