ouin
French, noun/wɛ̃/
ouin is spelled O-U-I-N (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouin is a French masculine noun meaning “an expression of sadness (like crying) by making such a sound; boo-hoo; waa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ouin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean expression of sadness (like crying) by making such a sound; boo-hoo; waa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Onomatopée qui évoque les pleurs. 2. Interjection qui exprime la peur ou la douleur.
adverb: 1. Oui incertain, ouais. 2. Oui paresseux ou servant à marquer un temps de réflexion nonchalant.
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 ouin
- ouins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouin?
- /wɛ̃/
- \wɛ̃\
- [wi, wɛj, wẽ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ouin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ouin in French?
ouin appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).