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môssieu

French, noun\mɔ.sjø\

môssieu is spelled M-Ô-S-S-I-E-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Môssieu is a French masculine noun meaning “sir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme populaire de monsieur”.

What does môssieu mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesir

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Forme populaire de monsieur.

noun: 1. parfois Forme populaire parfois péjorative de monsieur.

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 môssieu

  • môssieus plural
  • môssieux plural
  • mossieu
  • mossieus plural
  • mossieux plural
  • môssieu

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce môssieu?

  • \mɔ.sjø\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is môssieu in French?

môssieu appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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