filou
French, noun/fi.lu/
filou is spelled F-I-L-O-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filou is a French masculine noun meaning “rascal, rogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Louisiane) Voleur agissant par ruse, tricheur au jeu, personne qui abuse de la confiance”.
What does filou mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinethief, pickpocket
- 2
masculinerascal, rogue
- 3
masculinetrickster
- 4
colloquialmasculinemischievous child
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Louisiane) Voleur agissant par ruse, tricheur au jeu, personne qui abuse de la confiance. 2. Personne malhonnête. 3. Personnage espiègle ou coquin. 4. Personne maline, rusée, astucieuse.
adjective: 1. Qui fait preuve de filouterie.
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 filou
- filous plural
- filoute feminine
- filoutes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filou?
- /fi.lu/
- \fi.lu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filou in French?
filou appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).