zoulou
French, noun
zoulou is spelled Z-O-U-L-O-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zoulou is a French masculine noun meaning “Zulu, the Zulu language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zoulou is a different word: “Zulu (member of the Zulu people)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue appartenant au groupe nguni des langues bantoues, principalement parlée en Afrique australe”.
What does zoulou mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Zulu
noun
- 1
masculineZulu, the Zulu language
noun
- 1
masculineZulu (member of the Zulu people)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Zoulous.
noun: 1. Langue appartenant au groupe nguni des langues bantoues, principalement parlée en Afrique australe.
noun: 1. Personne appartenant au peuple zoulou.
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 zoulou
- Zoulous plural
- Zouloue feminine
- zouloue feminine
- zoulous masculine plural
- zouloues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zoulou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zoulou in French?
zoulou appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).