pétou
French, noun/pe.tu/
pétou is spelled P-É-T-O-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétou is a French masculine noun meaning “zoot, spliff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Joint”.
What does pétou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangzoot, spliff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Joint.
noun: 1. Fesse, postérieur, cul.
noun: 1. Pet.
noun: 1. Putois.
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 pétou
- pétous plural
- petous plural
- pitou
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétou?
- /pe.tu/
- \pe.tu\
- [pe.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pétou in French?
pétou appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).