baklava
French, noun/ba.kla.va/
baklava is spelled B-A-K-L-A-V-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baklava is a French masculine noun meaning “baklava” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit gâteau oriental à pâte feuilletée, selon les recettes, on y trouve miel, noix, noisettes, amandes…”.
What does baklava mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaklava
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit gâteau oriental à pâte feuilletée, selon les recettes, on y trouve miel, noix, noisettes, amandes, pistaches, etc.
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 baklava
- baklavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baklava?
- /ba.kla.va/
- \ba.kla.va\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baklava
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baklava in French?
baklava appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).