Published January 26, 2025 • Updated June 7, 2026 — By French teacher David Issokson with native audio by Marie Assel Cambier
Meuf — Meaning and Pronunciation
The French word meuf is a slang term meaning “woman” or “girl.” It comes from femme (woman) through a type of French slang called verlan, where syllables are inverted. While casual and informal, it’s very common in spoken French, especially among younger speakers.
IPA pronunciation of meuf is /mœf/ (IPA), which sounds approximately like “muhf”.
Example sentences
Oh là là ! C’est qui cette meuf ? Elle est vraiment belle !
Wow! Who’s that chick? She’s really beautiful!
Le mot « meuf » est le verlan pour « femme ».
The word “meuf” is Verlan for woman.
Jason est venu avec sa nouvelle meuf à la salle de sport.
Jason came to the gym with his new girlfriend.
Related Words and Expressions
Here are some other words that are closely related to meuf:
- mec — guy
- ouf — crazy
- draguer — to hit on, to pick up
- kiffer — to like
- nana — girl, chick (informal)
- gonzesse — girl, woman (slang)
- keum — guy, boyfriend (verlan for mec)
- reum — mom (verlan for mère)
- teuf — party (verlan for fête)
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