pff
French, interjection/pf/
pff is spelled P-F-F (3 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pff is a French interjection meaning “pff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pff mean in English?
interjection
- 1
pff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Bruit de souffle. 2. Bruit d'un soupir de fatigue, de soulagement, de bonheur, d’agacement, etc. 3. Bruit d'un soupir d'agacement ou d'exaspération.
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 pff
- ffue
- pf
- pfeu
- pffeu
- pfff
- pffut
- pflutt
- pfutt
- pfffff
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pff?
- /pf/
- \pf\
- \f\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pff in French?
pff appears 1.3 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).