zonz
French, noun/zɔ̃z/
zonz is spelled Z-O-N-Z (4 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zonz is a French masculine noun meaning “prison” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une prison, un cachot”.
What does zonz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangprison
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Une prison, un cachot.
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 zonz?
- /zɔ̃z/
- \zɔ̃z\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zonz in French?
zonz appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).