babiole
French, noun/ba.bjɔl/
babiole is spelled B-A-B-I-O-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 97,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babiole is a French feminine noun meaning “useless or worthless thing; a trinket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jouet d’enfants”.
What does babiole mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineuseless or worthless thing; a trinket
Mais surtout n'va pas dépenser plus qu'il ne faut. N'achète pas un tas de rubans et de babioles qui ne servent à rien.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jouet d’enfants. 2. Chose de peu d’importance ou de peu de valeur, bagatelle, pacotille.
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 babiole
- babioles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babiole?
- /ba.bjɔl/
- \ba.bjɔl\
- [ba.bjɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to babiole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is babiole in French?
babiole appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).