-ois
French, suffix
-ois is spelled O-I-S (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ois is a French suffix meaning “Used to form adjectives related to a particular country, region or city, their associated inhabitant names, and the local language or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, ois is a different word: “first/second-person singular present indicative”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de -ais, suffixe servant à former des substantifs (majuscule initiale) ou des adjectifs (minuscule…”.
What does -ois mean in English?
suffix
- 1
Used to form adjectives related to a particular country, region or city, their associated inhabitant names, and the local language or dialect
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Variante de -ais, suffixe servant à former des substantifs (majuscule initiale) ou des adjectifs (minuscule initiale) indiquant l’origine de la personne ou de la chose en question.
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.
English words that translate to -ois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -ois in French?
-ois appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).