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toi

French, pronoun/twa/

toi is spelled T-O-I (3 letters) and appears 724 times per million words in written French, the 122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toi is a French feminine pronoun meaning “you (informal second-person singular personal pronoun, disjunctive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pronom de la deuxième personne du singulier”.

What does toi mean in English?

pronoun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineyou (informal second-person singular personal pronoun, disjunctive)

    J'ai besoin de toi.

  2. 2

    femininemasculineyourself (reflexive object pronoun of imperative verbs)

    Souviens-toi de ce qui est vraiment important.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

pronoun: 1. Pronom de la deuxième personne du singulier.

noun: 1. Interlocuteur considéré en un état spécifique.

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 toi

  • toé alternative Quebec colloquial
  • oit alternative
  • wat alternative
  • té

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce toi?

  • /twa/
  • Quebec /twe/
  • \twa\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to toi

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is toi in French?

toi appears 724 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).

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