loukoum
French, noun/lu.kum/
loukoum is spelled L-O-U-K-O-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loukoum is a French masculine noun meaning “Turkish delight, locoum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bonbon oriental moelleux à base d’amidon gélifié dans l’eau, de sucre, de colorants, d’arômes, de pistache…”.
What does loukoum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineTurkish delight, locoum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bonbon oriental moelleux à base d’amidon gélifié dans l’eau, de sucre, de colorants, d’arômes, de pistache, de sésame, etc..
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 loukoum
- loukoums plural
- lokoum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loukoum?
- /lu.kum/
- \lu.kum\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is loukoum in French?
loukoum appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).