mastiff
French, noun\mas.tif\
mastiff is spelled M-A-S-T-I-F-F (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mastiff is a French masculine noun meaning “mastiff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Race de chien molossoïde type dogue, très ancienne, dérivée des molosses romains britanniques ("dogs of roman…”.
What does mastiff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemastiff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Race de chien molossoïde type dogue, très ancienne, dérivée des molosses romains britanniques ("dogs of roman Britain"), une des plus grosses races de chien, à robe variable mais qui a toujours un masque noir.
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 mastiff
- mastiffs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mastiff?
- \mas.tif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mastiff in French?
mastiff appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).