tofu
French, noun/to.fu/
tofu is spelled T-O-F-U (4 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tofu is a French masculine noun meaning “tofu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pâte blanche peu odorante, issue du caillage du lait de soja”.
What does tofu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetofu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pâte blanche peu odorante, issue du caillage du lait de soja.
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 tofu
- tofus plural
- tofou alternative archaic rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tofu?
- /to.fu/
- /to.fy/
- \to.fu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tofu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tofu in French?
tofu appears 1.6 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).