spam
French, noun/spam/
spam is spelled S-P-A-M (4 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spam is a French masculine noun meaning “spam (meat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Spécialité américaine de viande hachée en conserve, produit de bas de gamme qui servit à l’alimentation des…”.
What does spam mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespam (meat)
- 2
masculinespam
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Spécialité américaine de viande hachée en conserve, produit de bas de gamme qui servit à l’alimentation des soldats américains au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et fut abondamment distribué aux populations disetteuses européennes par ces mêmes soldats.
noun: 1. Messages électroniques envoyés en masse à des personnes qui ne l’ont pas demandé dans un but publicitaire, commercial, ou d’arnaque.
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 spam
- spams plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spam?
- /spam/
- \spam\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spam in French?
spam appears 3.4 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).