golf
French, noun/ɡɔlf/
golf is spelled G-O-L-F (4 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Golf is a French masculine noun meaning “golf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeu en deux camps sur un vaste terrain, accidenté et gazonné, qui consiste à lancer d’un point de départ fixe…”.
What does golf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegolf
- 2
masculinegolf course
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeu en deux camps sur un vaste terrain, accidenté et gazonné, qui consiste à lancer d’un point de départ fixe une balle dans un trou au moyen de crosses. 2. Green, terrain où se joue ce jeu. 3. Sorte de pantalon à la mode des golfeurs.
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 golf
- golfs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce golf?
- /ɡɔlf/
- \ɡɔlf\
- [ɡɔlf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to golf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is golf in French?
golf appears 18 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).