zakouski
French, noun/za.kus.ki/
zakouski is spelled Z-A-K-O-U-S-K-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zakouski is a French masculine noun meaning “an hors-d'oeuvre, especially one of Russian or Polish style” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hors-d’œuvre variés, chauds ou froids, russes ou polonais, servis généralement dans une pièce différente de…”.
What does zakouski mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean hors-d'oeuvre, especially one of Russian or Polish style
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hors-d’œuvre variés, chauds ou froids, russes ou polonais, servis généralement dans une pièce différente de celle du repas. 2. Hors-d’œuvre, amuse-gueule, canapés. 3. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
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 zakouski
- zakouskis plural
- zakousski
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zakouski?
- /za.kus.ki/
- \za.kus.ki\
- \za.ku.ski\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zakouski in French?
zakouski appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).