humus
French, noun/y.mys/
humus is spelled H-U-M-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humus is a French masculine noun meaning “humus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terre végétale”.
What does humus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehumus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terre végétale. 2. Couche supérieure du sol issue de la décomposition totale de la partie brute de la fraction organique du sol principalement par l’action combinée des animaux, des bactéries et des champignons du sol.
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 humus?
- /y.mys/
- \y.mys\
- [y.mys]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to humus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is humus in French?
humus appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).