peuh
French, interjection/pø/
peuh is spelled P-E-U-H (4 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peuh is a French interjection meaning “pshaw, pff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sert à marquer le mépris”.
What does peuh mean in English?
interjection
- 1
pshaw, pff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Sert à marquer le mépris. 2. Sert à imiter quelqu'un qui tousse.
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 peuh?
- /pø/
- \pø\
- \pə\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peuh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peuh in French?
peuh appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).