riff
French, noun\ʁif\
riff is spelled R-I-F-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riff is a French masculine noun meaning “riff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Courte phrase mélodico-rythmique indépendante, jouée plusieurs fois de suite, souvent récurrente dans le…”.
What does riff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineriff
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Courte phrase mélodico-rythmique indépendante, jouée plusieurs fois de suite, souvent récurrente dans le morceau.
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 riff
- riffs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riff?
- \ʁif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to riff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is riff in French?
riff appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).