zoé
French, noun/zɔ.e/
zoé is spelled Z-O-É (3 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zoé is a French feminine noun meaning “zoaea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme larvaire de certains crustacés”.
What does zoé mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininezoaea
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forme larvaire de certains crustacés. 2. Employé comme épithète pour apporter une précision.
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 zoé
- zoés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zoé?
- /zɔ.e/
- /zo.e/
- \zo.e\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zoé in French?
zoé appears 3.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).