viol
French, noun/vjɔl/
viol is spelled V-I-O-L (4 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viol is a French masculine noun meaning “a rape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Violence que l’on fait à une personne sans consentement, par la force ou la ruse, consistant en une…”.
What does viol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea rape
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Violence que l’on fait à une personne sans consentement, par la force ou la ruse, consistant en une pénétration sexuelle, vaginale, anale ou orale. 2. Manque grave de respect, transgression, violation. 3. Profanation, action de souiller un lieu sacré. 4. Invasion militaire étrangère et occupation d'un pays, d'une région.
noun: 1. Sentier, chemin. 2. Petite ruelle.
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 viol
- viols plural
- 🟣 slang euphemism
- 🟪 slang euphemism
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viol?
- /vjɔl/
- \vjɔl\
- [vjɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to viol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viol in French?
viol appears 19 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).