refus
French, noun/ʁə.fy/
refus is spelled R-E-F-U-S (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refus is a French masculine noun meaning “refusal, act of refusing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de ne pas accorder ce qui est demandé”.
What does refus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerefusal, act of refusing
refus informé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de ne pas accorder ce qui est demandé. 2. Action de rejeter, de ne pas accepter ce qui est offert. 3. Ensemble des éléments qui sont retenus par le tamisage.
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.
How do you pronounce refus?
- /ʁə.fy/
- \ʁə.fy\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refus in French?
refus appears 25 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).