jihad
French, noun/dʒi.ad/
jihad is spelled J-I-H-A-D (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jihad is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of djihad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de djihad”.
What does jihad mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of djihad
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de djihad.
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 jihad
- jihads plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jihad?
- /dʒi.ad/
- \ʒi.ad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jihad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jihad in French?
jihad appears 2.2 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).