soupçon
French, noun/sup.sɔ̃/
soupçon is a French masculine noun meaning “suspicion; mistrust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Opinion ou croyance désavantageuse, accompagnée de doute”.
What does soupçon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuspicion; mistrust
- 2
masculinea hint, a tad, a little bit (of something)
ajoute un soupçon de cannelle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Opinion ou croyance désavantageuse, accompagnée de doute. 2. Simple conjecture de croyances, intuition. 3. Légère apparence, légère atteinte. 4. Très petite quantité d'une chose.
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 soupçon
- soupçons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soupçon?
- /sup.sɔ̃/
- \sup.sɔ̃\
- [sup.sɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soupçon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soupçon in French?
soupçon appears 3.9 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).