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scout

French, noun\skut\

scout is spelled S-C-O-U-T (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scout is a French masculine noun meaning “scout, boy scout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui pratique le scoutisme”.

What does scout mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinescout, boy scout

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Personne qui pratique le scoutisme. 2. D'une façon plus restreinte (dans certaines régions ou fédérations), peut désigner une section précise d'un mouvement scout : l'éclaireur. 3. Désigne, en Amérique du Nord, un éclaireur. 4. Observateur sportif, recruteur sportif.

adjective: 1. Relatif au scoutisme.

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 scout

  • scouts plural
  • scoute feminine
  • scoutesse feminine
  • scoutes plural feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce scout?

  • \skut\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to scout

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is scout in French?

scout appears 1.9 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).

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