patapouf
French, noun/pa.ta.puf/
patapouf is spelled P-A-T-A-P-O-U-F (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patapouf is a French masculine noun meaning “fatty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme, femme, enfant gros et lourd”.
What does patapouf mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinefatty
interjection
- 1
splat!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme, femme, enfant gros et lourd.
onomatopoeia: 1. Onomatopée évoquant une chute lourde ou ridicule.
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 patapouf
- patapoufs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patapouf?
- /pa.ta.puf/
- \pa.ta.puf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patapouf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patapouf in French?
patapouf appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).