zaïm
French, noun\za.im\
zaïm is spelled Z-A-Ï-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zaïm is a French masculine noun meaning “zaim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat turc, dont le bénéfice militaire est un peu au-dessus de celui du timariot”.
What does zaïm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezaim
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat turc, dont le bénéfice militaire est un peu au-dessus de celui du timariot. 2. Chef charismatique, chef de guerre. 3. Titre donné à Gamal Abdel Nasser, ancien président égyptien.
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 zaïm
- zaïms plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zaïm?
- \za.im\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zaïm in French?
zaïm appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).