joint
French, noun/ʒwɛ̃/
joint is spelled J-O-I-N-T (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joint is a French masculine noun meaning “seal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of joindre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit, ligne, intervalle, surface où sont en contact différents éléments. En fonction du corps de métier…”.
What does joint mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseal
noun
- 1
informalmasculinejoint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)
verb
- 1
past participle of joindre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est joint.
noun: 1. Endroit, ligne, intervalle, surface où sont en contact différents éléments. En fonction du corps de métier considéré : 2. Pour le maçon, face de la pierre en contact. 3. Intervalle entre des éléments de construction (pierre, brique, etc.) 4. Pour le jardinier, intervalle entre deux ou plusieurs éléments d’un dallage.
noun: 1. ou Cigarette généralement composée d’un mélange de cannabis (shit ou herbe) et de tabac que l’on roule soi-même.
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 joint
- joints plural
- jointe feminine
- jointes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joint?
- /ʒwɛ̃/
- \ʒwɛ̃\
- [ʒwɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to joint
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is joint in French?
joint appears 17 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).