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zani

French, noun\za.ni\

zani is spelled Z-A-N-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zani is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of zanni” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de zanni”.

What does zani mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of zanni

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Variante de zanni

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 zani

  • zanis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce zani?

  • \za.ni\
  • prononciation indiquée par Émile Littré sous la forme «

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is zani in French?

zani appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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