doit
French, verb/dwa/
doit is spelled D-O-I-T (4 letters) and appears 501 times per million words in written French, the 160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doit is a French verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative of devoir: must, has to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does doit mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of devoir: must, has to
Il doit aller en France un jour.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. S’emploie dans les livres de compte, par opposition au mot avoir, et désigne la partie d’un compte où l’on porte ce qu’une personne doit, ce qu’elle a reçu.
noun: 1. Petit cours d’eau, ru.
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 doit
- doits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doit?
- /dwa/
- \dwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is doit in French?
doit appears 501 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).