do
French, noun/do/
do is spelled D-O (2 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Do is a French masculine noun meaning “do, the note 'C'” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Première note de la gamme”.
What does do mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedo, the note 'C'
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Première note de la gamme. 2. Do de l’octave du milieu dans la gamme d’un instrument de musique par opposition à l’octave inférieure ou supérieure.
noun: 1. Tao, philosophie orientale de la voie, du chemin. 2. Philosophie à suivre dans les arts japonais.
noun: 1. Harpe fourchue d'Afrique occidentale.
adverb: 1. Dito.
noun: 1. Assurance dommages-ouvrage.
adverb: 1. Dito.
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 do
- dō
- dᵒ canonical
- Dᵒ
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce do?
- /do/
- \do\
- [do]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to do
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is do in French?
do appears 28 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).