dix
French, number/dis/
dix is spelled D-I-X (3 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written French, the 579th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dix is a French number meaning “ten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dix mean in English?
number
- 1
ten
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Neuf plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 10. 2. Dixième. 3. Un grand nombre de. Note d’usage : Employé pour marquer l’exagération.
noun: 1. Nombre 10, entier naturel après neuf. 2. Chose portant le numéro dix. 3. Note maximum (quand la notation est échelonnée de zéro à dix) attribuée à un élève. 4. Dixième chaîne de télévision.
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.
How do you pronounce dix?
- /dis/
- Quebec [d͡zɪs]
- [d͡ʒis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dix
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dix in French?
dix appears 141 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).