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tox

French, noun/tɔks/

tox is spelled T-O-X (3 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tox is a French feminine noun meaning “druggie, nitty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toxicomane”.

What does tox mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineslangdruggie, nitty

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Toxicomane.

prefix: 1. Préfixe des mots en rapport avec des drogues, des poisons, des toxines, des venins.

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 tox

  • toxi-
  • toxico-
  • toxo-

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

How do you pronounce tox?

  • /tɔks/
  • \tɔks\

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

How common is tox in French?

tox appears about once in every 5 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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