nouchi
French, noun\nu.ʃi\
nouchi is spelled N-O-U-C-H-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nouchi is a French masculine noun meaning “any of several French argots spoken in Africa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Argot de français parlé en Côte d’Ivoire”.
What does nouchi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany of several French argots spoken in Africa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Argot de français parlé en Côte d’Ivoire. 2. Personne jugée parfaitement adaptée à la vie des milieux populaires urbains ivoiriens.
adjective: 1. Désigne un style de vie proche des milieux populaires branchés, voire criminels.
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 nouchi
- nouchis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nouchi?
- \nu.ʃi\
- \nu.si\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nouchi in French?
nouchi appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).