fois
French, preposition/fwa/
fois is spelled F-O-I-S (4 letters) and appears 891 times per million words in written French, the 107th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fois is a French preposition meaning “times, multiplied by” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of foi.
What does fois mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetime (an instance or repetition of something happening)
J'y vais cinq fois par mois.
preposition
- 1
times, multiplied by
noun
- 1
feminineplural of foi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom qui se joint à un adjectif numéral pour indiquer qu’un fait s’est produit ou s’est répété. 2. Quantité, nombre que l’on augmente, que l’on diminue ou que l’on compare à d’autres.
conjunction: 1. Produit des nombres précédent et suivant.
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 fois?
- /fwa/
- \fwa\
- [fwa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fois in French?
fois appears 891 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).