vaudou
French, noun\vo.du\
vaudou is spelled V-A-U-D-O-U (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaudou is a French masculine noun meaning “voodoo (African and Afro-Caribbean religion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Religion animiste originaire de l’ancien royaume du Dahomey, répandue au Bénin et au Togo, aux Antilles et en…”.
What does vaudou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevoodoo (African and Afro-Caribbean religion)
adjective
- 1
voodoo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Religion animiste originaire de l’ancien royaume du Dahomey, répandue au Bénin et au Togo, aux Antilles et en Amérique latine, principalement. 2. Dieu de cette religion. 3. Adepte de ce culte.
adjective: 1. Relatif à ce culte.
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 vaudou
- vaudous plural
- vaudoue feminine
- vaudoues feminine plural
- vaudoux plural
- vodou
- vodoun
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaudou?
- \vo.du\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vaudou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vaudou in French?
vaudou appears 1.3 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).