SOV
French, adjective\ɛs.o.ve\
SOV is spelled S-O-V (3 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). SOV is a French adjective meaning “initialism of sujet-objet-verbe, equivalent to English SOV (subject-object-verb)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une langue dont les phrases suivent généralement un ordre sujet-objet-verbe”.
What does SOV mean in English?
adjective
- 1
initialism of sujet-objet-verbe, equivalent to English SOV (subject-object-verb).
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie une langue dont les phrases suivent généralement un ordre sujet-objet-verbe.
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.
How do you pronounce SOV?
- \ɛs.o.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is SOV in French?
SOV appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).