suie
French, noun/sɥi/
suie is spelled S-U-I-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suie is a French feminine noun meaning “soot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matière noire et épaisse que la fumée dépose sur la surface des corps avec lesquels elle entre en contact”.
What does suie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesoot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matière noire et épaisse que la fumée dépose sur la surface des corps avec lesquels elle entre en contact.
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 suie
- suies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suie?
- /sɥi/
- \sɥi\
- [sɥi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suie in French?
suie 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).