soul
French, noun
soul is spelled S-O-U-L (4 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soul is a French feminine noun meaning “soul, soul music” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, soûl is a different word: “alternative spelling of saoul”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Musique soul”.
What does soul mean in English?
adjective
- 1
post-1990 spelling of soûl, itself an alternative form of saoul (“drunk”)
noun
- 1
femininesoul, soul music
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of saoul
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Repu, rassasié. 2. Ivre. 3. Corrompu par l'alcool.
noun: 1. Musique soul.
adjective: 1. Repu, rassasié. 2. Ivre, aviné.
noun: 1. S’emploie comme nom avec un adjectif possessif (mon, ton, son, etc.), pour dire abondamment, autant qu’on veut.
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 soul
- soule feminine
- souls masculine plural
- soules feminine plural
- soûle feminine
- soûls masculine plural
- soûles feminine plural
- saoul
- soûl
- saoûl
- soul
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to soul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soul in French?
soul appears 5.6 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).