souci
French, noun/su.si/
souci is spelled S-O-U-C-I (5 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written French, the 2,619th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Souci is a French masculine noun meaning “worry; concern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soin, préoccupation, inquiétude”.
What does souci mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineworry; concern
- 2
masculinea problem
noun
- 1
masculinemarigold (flower)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soin, préoccupation, inquiétude. 2. Problème.
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des Astéracées, donnant une fleur jaune, radiée, qui a une odeur forte. 2. Sa fleur elle-même. 3. Petit lépidoptère de la famille des Pieridae, dont les ailes sont jaune ou orange et noir.
adjective: 1. Couleur jaune ou orangé, rappelant celle des fleurs.
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 souci
- soucis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce souci?
- /su.si/
- \su.si\
- [su.si]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to souci
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is souci in French?
souci appears 31 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).