us
French, noun/ys/
us is spelled U-S (2 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written French, the 1,857th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Us is a French masculine noun meaning “mores; traditional practices or manners” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Usages, coutumes, habitudes”.
What does us mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemores; traditional practices or manners
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Usages, coutumes, habitudes.
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte aux États-Unis.
noun: 1. Union syndicale, forme d’organisation d’un syndicat.
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.
How do you pronounce us?
- /ys/
- /y/
- \y\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to us
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is us in French?
us appears 45 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).