speed
French, noun/spid/
speed is spelled S-P-E-E-D (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Speed is a French masculine noun meaning “speed (amphetamine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amphétamine utilisée comme drogue”.
What does speed mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespeed (amphetamine)
adjective
- 1
informalspeedy, hasty
On est un peu trop speed en France, on devrait prendre exemple sur la Grèce.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amphétamine utilisée comme drogue.
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 speed
- speeds plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce speed?
- /spid/
- \spid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to speed
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is speed in French?
speed appears 6.0 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).