piaf
French, noun/pjaf/
piaf is spelled P-I-A-F (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piaf is a French masculine noun meaning “sparrow or other small bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appellation populaire des moineaux, ou d’autres petits oiseaux mal identifiés”.
What does piaf mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinesparrow or other small bird.
C'était un gros élastique monté, une espèce de fronde, un double crochet, un truc pour abattre les piafs. (Céline, Mort à crédit, 1936)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appellation populaire des moineaux, ou d’autres petits oiseaux mal identifiés. 2. Un oiseau. 3. Élève venant de région parisienne.
noun: 1. Homme orgueilleux.
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 piaf
- piafs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piaf?
- /pjaf/
- \pjaf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piaf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piaf in French?
piaf appears 1.7 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).