peu
French, noun/pø/
peu is spelled P-E-U (3 letters) and appears 977 times per million words in written French, the 97th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peu is a French masculine noun meaning “few” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite quantité”.
What does peu mean in English?
adverb
- 1
little; not very much/many
Il est peu intelligent.
noun
- 1
masculinefew
peu de gens sont d'accord
- 2
masculinelittle
un peu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Presque pas ; pas beaucoup. 2. Presque pas ; pas très. 3. Presque aucun. Pas beaucoup. 4. Peu de choses.
pronoun: 1. Peu de gens. 2. Peu de chose.
noun: 1. Petite quantité.
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 peu
- moins comparative
- le moins superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peu?
- /pø/
- \pø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peu in French?
peu appears 977 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).