heu
French, noun/ø/
heu is spelled H-E-U (3 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heu is a French masculine noun meaning “hoy (small coaster vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit bateau d'environ 300 tonneaux, à fond plat, avec un mat et une voile, qui fut utilisé dans La Manche et…”.
What does heu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehoy (small coaster vessel)
interjection
- 1
alternative spelling of euh
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit bateau d'environ 300 tonneaux, à fond plat, avec un mat et une voile, qui fut utilisé dans La Manche et en Mer du Nord pour faire du cabotage.
interjection: 1. Interjection qui, répétée, exprime le doute, une secrète pensée. 2. Interjection qui, répétée, exprime des sanglots. 3. Cri lancé pour calmer des bovins.
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 heu
- heux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heu?
- /ø/
- ^((h aspiré))\ø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heu in French?
heu appears 10 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).