shérif
French, noun/ʃe.ʁif/
shérif is spelled S-H-É-R-I-F (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shérif is a French masculine noun meaning “sheriff (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Équivalent anglo-saxon du juge de paix français”.
What does shérif mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheriff (all meanings)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Équivalent anglo-saxon du juge de paix français 2. Officier municipal en Angleterre, chargé de différentes fonctions de police et de justice. 3. Juge en Écosse, chef du tribunal du comté. 4. Officier de police municipal du Far-West américain.
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 shérif
- shérifs plural
- shériff
- sheriff
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shérif?
- /ʃe.ʁif/
- \ʃe.ʁif\
- [ʃe.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 shérif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shérif in French?
shérif appears 3.4 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).