zyva
French, interjection/zi.va/
zyva is spelled Z-Y-V-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zyva is a French interjection meaning “keep going!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exclamation polysémique qui exprime de la surprise, de l'agacement ou du mépris”.
What does zyva mean in English?
interjection
- 1
keep going!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Exclamation polysémique qui exprime de la surprise, de l'agacement ou du mépris.
noun: 1. Personne (souvent stéréotypée comme parlant un certain parler) qui ponctue fréquemment son discours de l’interjection zyva (verlan de vas-y).
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 zyva
- zy-va alternative
- ziva
- z’y va
- zyvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zyva?
- /zi.va/
- \zi.va\
- \va\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zyva in French?
zyva appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).