mafia
French, noun/ma.fja/
mafia is spelled M-A-F-I-A (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mafia is a French feminine noun meaning “the Mafia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organisation criminelle sicilienne puis italo-américaine dont les activités sont soumises à une direction…”.
What does mafia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe Mafia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organisation criminelle sicilienne puis italo-américaine dont les activités sont soumises à une direction collégiale occulte et qui repose sur une stratégie d’infiltration de la société civile et des institutions. 2. Toute organisation criminelle structurée.
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 mafia
- mafias plural
- maffia
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mafia?
- /ma.fja/
- \ma.fja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mafia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mafia in French?
mafia appears 8.3 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).