vuvuzela
French, noun/vu.vu.ze.la/
vuvuzela is a French feminine noun meaning “vuvuzela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Long cor, d’environ un mètre de long, utilisé par les supporters de football dans les stades d’Afrique du Sud…”.
What does vuvuzela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevuvuzela
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Long cor, d’environ un mètre de long, utilisé par les supporters de football dans les stades d’Afrique du Sud pour soutenir leur équipe.
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 vuvuzela
- vuvuzelas plural
- vouvouzela alternative
- vuvuzuela
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vuvuzela?
- /vu.vu.ze.la/
- \vu.vu.zɛ.la\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vuvuzela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vuvuzela in French?
vuvuzela appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).