slow
French, noun/slo/
slow is spelled S-L-O-W (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slow is a French masculine noun meaning “waltz (slow waltz, English waltz)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Danse lente que les partenaires dansent enlacés”.
What does slow mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewaltz (slow waltz, English waltz)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Danse lente que les partenaires dansent enlacés. 2. Ralenti.
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 slow
- slows plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce slow?
- /slo/
- \slo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is slow in French?
slow appears 2.0 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).