jolibois
French, noun\ʒɔ.li.bwa\
jolibois is spelled J-O-L-I-B-O-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jolibois is a French masculine noun meaning “mezereon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des noms vernaculaires de Daphne mezereum”.
What does jolibois mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemezereon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des noms vernaculaires de Daphne mezereum.
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 jolibois?
- \ʒɔ.li.bwa\
- \daf.ne ʒɔ.li.bwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jolibois in French?
jolibois appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).