parfois
French, adverb/paʁ.fwa/
parfois is spelled P-A-R-F-O-I-S (7 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written French, the 435th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parfois is a French adverb meaning “sometimes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quelquefois”.
What does parfois mean in English?
adverb
- 1
sometimes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Quelquefois.
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.
How do you pronounce parfois?
- /paʁ.fwa/
- \paʁ.fwa\
- [paʁ.fwa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parfois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parfois in French?
parfois appears 186 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).