ouaf
French, interjection/waf/
ouaf is spelled O-U-A-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouaf is a French interjection meaning “woof, the sound of a dog's bark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ouaf mean in English?
interjection
- 1
woof, the sound of a dog's bark
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Imite un aboiement.
noun: 1. Aboiement.
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 ouaf
- ouafs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouaf?
- /waf/
- \waf\
- [waf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ouaf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ouaf in French?
ouaf appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).