twit
French, noun/twit/
twit is spelled T-W-I-T (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,791st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Twit is a French masculine noun meaning “twit (foolish person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui ne mérite aucune considération, crétin”.
What does twit mean in English?
noun
- 1
Quebeccolloquialmasculinetwit (foolish person)
- 2
masculinea tweet (a message on Twitter)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui ne mérite aucune considération, crétin.
adjective: 1. Qui ne mérite aucune considération, imbécile.
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 twit
- twits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce twit?
- /twit/
- \twit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is twit in French?
twit appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).