soukous
French, noun\su.kus\
soukous is spelled S-O-U-K-O-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soukous is a French masculine noun meaning “soukous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “, Style de musique originaire de l’ancien Zaïre (devenu la République démocratique du Congo) et de la…”.
What does soukous mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoukous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. , Style de musique originaire de l’ancien Zaïre (devenu la République démocratique du Congo) et de la République du Congo. 2. , Danse spécifique à cette musique.
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 soukous
- soukouss
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soukous?
- \su.kus\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soukous in French?
soukous appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).