voyou
French, noun/vwa.ju/
voyou is spelled V-O-Y-O-U (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voyou is a French masculine noun meaning “urchin, street child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gamin des rues ; chemineau vagabond”.
What does voyou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineurchin, street child
- 2
derogatorymasculinethug, yob, hooligan
- 3
derogatorymasculinegood for nothing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gamin des rues ; chemineau vagabond. 2. Homme mal élevé ou grossier. 3. Homme qui impose sa volonté par la violence, ou qui se procure des revenus de façon malhonnête. 4. Vaurien.
adjective: 1. Qui a les qualités d’un voyou ou du voyoutisme.
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 voyou
- voyous plural
- voyouse feminine
- voyoute feminine
- voyoue feminine
- voyoutes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voyou?
- /vwa.ju/
- \vwa.ju\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voyou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voyou in French?
voyou appears 2.6 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).