ovni
French, noun
ovni is a French masculine noun meaning “UFO” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, OVNI is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of ovni”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet volant non identifié : objet aperçu dans le ciel, sans que l’on arrive à l’identifier comme étant un…”.
What does ovni mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineUFO
- 2
masculinea person or product that is surprising and difficult to classify
noun
- 1
masculinealternative letter-case form of ovni
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de ovni.
noun: 1. Objet volant non identifié : objet aperçu dans le ciel, sans que l’on arrive à l’identifier comme étant un objet, un corps céleste ou un phénomène connu de la science, souvent associé dans la culture populaire à une intelligence extraterrestre. 2. Personne ou objet atypique, surprenant.
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 ovni
- OVNIs plural
- ovnis plural
- OVNI alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ovni
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ovni in French?
ovni appears 2.1 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).