hype
French, noun/a.ip/
hype is spelled H-Y-P-E (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hype is a French masculine noun meaning “hype” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Volonté d’être ou de rester hype, avant-gardisme”.
What does hype mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslanghype
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Volonté d’être ou de rester hype, avant-gardisme. 2. Battage médiatique. 3. Engouement pour quelque chose.
adjective: 1. Avant-gardiste. 2. Chic ; branché ; à la mode.
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 hype
- hypes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hype?
- /a.ip/
- ^((h aspiré))\ajp\
- \hajp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hype in French?
hype appears 2.1 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).