pschitt
French, interjection/pʃit/
pschitt is spelled P-S-C-H-I-T-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pschitt is a French interjection meaning “hiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pschitt mean in English?
interjection
- 1
hiss
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
onomatopoeia: 1. Onomatopée représentant le bruit du gaz qui s’échappe de quelque chose, ou qui se dégonfle très rapidement par une petite ouverture.
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 pschitt
- pschit
- pshitt
- pchit
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pschitt?
- /pʃit/
- \pʃit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pschitt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pschitt in French?
pschitt appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).