gnouf
French, noun/ɲuf/
gnouf is spelled G-N-O-U-F (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gnouf is a French masculine noun meaning “prison, jankers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prison, poste de police”.
What does gnouf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangprison, jankers
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prison, poste de police. 2. Prison militaire.
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 gnouf
- gnoufs plural
- gniouf
- niouf
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gnouf?
- /ɲuf/
- \ɲuf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gnouf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gnouf in French?
gnouf appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).