poteux
French, noun/pɔ.tø/
poteux is a French masculine noun meaning “pothead; stoner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui fume souvent du cannabis, de la marijuana”.
What does poteux mean in English?
noun
- 1
Quebeccolloquialmasculinepothead; stoner
- 2
Quebeccolloquialderogatorymasculineemotionally weak and weak-willed person, who does nothing but to smoke cannabis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui fume souvent du cannabis, de la marijuana. 2. Personne sans envergure, molle, qui ne fait rien de sa vie et qui fume du cannabis.
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 poteux
- potteux
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poteux?
- /pɔ.tø/
- \pɔ.tø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poteux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poteux in French?
poteux appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).