zoo
French, noun/zo/
zoo is spelled Z-O-O (3 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zoo is a French masculine noun meaning “zoo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu d’attraction où les visiteurs peuvent observer des animaux, et jouant le rôle d’une mini-réserve en…”.
What does zoo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezoo
prefix
- 1
zoo-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu d’attraction où les visiteurs peuvent observer des animaux, et jouant le rôle d’une mini-réserve en captivité.
prefix: 1. Préfixe utilisé dans les mots ayant un rapport avec le monde animal.
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 zoo
- zoos plural
- zo-
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zoo?
- /zo/
- /zo.o/
- /zɔ.o/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zoo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zoo in French?
zoo appears 9.1 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).