zef
French, noun
zef is spelled Z-E-F (3 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zef is a French masculine noun meaning “wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, zèf is a different word: “alternative form of zef”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vent spécialement violent”.
What does zef mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangwind
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of zef
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vent spécialement violent.
noun: 1. Vent.
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 zef
- zeph alternative
- zèf alternative
- zèfs plural
- zefs plural
- zef
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zef in French?
zef 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).