relou
French, adjective/ʁə.lu/
relou is spelled R-E-L-O-U (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relou is a French adjective meaning “irritating, frustrating, especially to describe a person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Irritant ou frustrant, en parlant notamment d’une personne”.
What does relou mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slangirritating, frustrating, especially to describe a person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Irritant ou frustrant, en parlant notamment d’une personne.
noun: 1. Personne irritante ou frustrante.
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 relou
- reloue feminine
- relous masculine plural
- reloues feminine plural
- reloud
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relou?
- /ʁə.lu/
- \ʁə.lu\
- \lu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is relou in French?
relou appears 3.8 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).