ZNIEFF
French, noun/znjɛf/
ZNIEFF is spelled Z-N-I-E-F-F (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). ZNIEFF is a French feminine noun meaning “acronym of zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (“SCI; SSSI”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Zone naturelle d’intérêt écologique faunistique et floristique”.
What does ZNIEFF mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacronym of zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (“SCI; SSSI”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zone naturelle d’intérêt écologique faunistique et floristique.
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 ZNIEFF?
- /znjɛf/
- \znjɛf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ZNIEFF in French?
ZNIEFF appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).