zouf
French, noun/zuf/
zouf is spelled Z-O-U-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zouf is a French feminine noun meaning “idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne pas très intelligente, dont les actes et les propos sont souvent complètement farfelus ou…”.
What does zouf mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne pas très intelligente, dont les actes et les propos sont souvent complètement farfelus ou inappropriés.
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 zouf
- zoufs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zouf?
- /zuf/
- \zuf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zouf in French?
zouf appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).