soyeux
French, adjective/swa.jø/
soyeux is spelled S-O-Y-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soyeux is a French adjective meaning “silky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de la nature de la soie, qui contient de la soie”.
What does soyeux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
silky
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est de la nature de la soie, qui contient de la soie. 2. Qui est fin et doux au toucher, comme de la soie. 3. Qui est couvert de poils doux, fins et luisants comme de la soie. 4. Qualifie un vin délicat, dont la douceur évoque la soie.
noun: 1. Fabricant ou négociant de soieries.
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 soyeux
- soyeuse feminine
- soyeuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soyeux?
- /swa.jø/
- \swa.jø\
- [swa.jø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soyeux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soyeux in French?
soyeux appears 1.1 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).