suave
French, adjective/sɥav/
suave is spelled S-U-A-V-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suave is a French adjective meaning “smooth and graceful, polite, polished, suave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est d’une douceur agréable”.
What does suave mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smooth and graceful, polite, polished, suave
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est d’une douceur agréable.
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 suave
- suaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suave?
- /sɥav/
- \sɥav\
- \sy.av\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suave in French?
suave appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).