soif
French, noun/swaf/
soif is spelled S-O-I-F (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soif is a French feminine noun meaning “thirst” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désir, envie ou besoin de boire”.
What does soif mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethirst
avoir soif
- 2
femininethirst, desire
soif de savoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Désir, envie ou besoin de boire. 2. Désir immodéré ou impatient.
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 soif
- soifs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soif?
- /swaf/
- \swaf\
- [swaf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soif in French?
soif appears 11 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).