zaouïa
French, noun
zaouïa is a French feminine noun meaning “zawiya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its diaeresis, zaouia is a different word: “alternative form of zaouïa (“zawiya”)”. With an accent, zâouïa is a different word: “alternative form of zaouïa”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Établissement religieux où les docteurs de l’islamisme enseignent particulièrement la doctrine, la…”.
What does zaouïa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininezawiya
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of zaouïa (“zawiya”)
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of zaouïa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Orthographe alternative de zaouïa.
noun: 1. Établissement religieux où les docteurs de l’islamisme enseignent particulièrement la doctrine, la jurisprudence et la grammaire.
noun: 1. Sorte d'édifice religieux du culte musulman.
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 zaouïa
- zaouias plural
- zaouïas plural
- zaouia alternative
- zâouïas plural
- zaouïa
- zâouïa
- zawiya
- zawiyah
- zaoufa
- zaouiya
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zaouïa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zaouïa in French?
zaouïa appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).