giaour
French, noun/ʒja.uʁ/
giaour is spelled G-I-A-O-U-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Giaour is a French masculine noun meaning “giaour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Infidèle ; mécréant ; non-musulman”.
What does giaour mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegiaour
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infidèle ; mécréant ; non-musulman.
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 giaour
- giaours plural
- ghiaour alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce giaour?
- /ʒja.uʁ/
- /ʒa.uʁ/
- \ʒja.uʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is giaour in French?
giaour appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).