psitt
French, interjection\psit\
psitt is spelled P-S-I-T-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Psitt is a French interjection meaning “psst!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot que l’on prononce en sifflant et que l’on redouble la plupart du temps, pour attirer l’attention de…”.
What does psitt mean in English?
interjection
- 1
psst!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Mot que l’on prononce en sifflant et que l’on redouble la plupart du temps, pour attirer l’attention de quelqu’un, pour imposer silence, pour appeler un chien ou pour stimuler un animal de trait. 2. Interjection exprimant un mouvement rapide.
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 psitt
- psitt! canonical
- pssit
- ps’t
- s’t
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce psitt?
- \psit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is psitt in French?
psitt appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).