zarma
French, noun\zaʁ.ma\
zarma is spelled Z-A-R-M-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zarma is a French masculine noun meaning “the Zarma group of languages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe de dialectes parlés sur les rives du fleuve Niger depuis Djénne au Mali jusqu’au pays Bariba du nord…”.
What does zarma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe Zarma group of languages
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe de dialectes parlés sur les rives du fleuve Niger depuis Djénne au Mali jusqu’au pays Bariba du nord du Bénin, et dont les principaux dialectes sont le songhay, le zarma et le dendi.
interjection: 1. Exclamation souvent utilisée pour marquer l’ironie ou le cynisme, voire le ridicule.
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.
How do you pronounce zarma?
- \zaʁ.ma\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zarma in French?
zarma 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).