balalaïka
French, noun/ba.la.la.i.ka/
balalaïka is spelled B-A-L-A-L-A-Ï-K-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balalaïka is a French feminine noun meaning “balalaika (Russian instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de musique à cordes russe, de la catégorie des luths”.
What does balalaïka mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebalalaika (Russian instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de musique à cordes russe, de la catégorie des luths.
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 balalaïka
- balalaïkas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balalaïka?
- /ba.la.la.i.ka/
- \ba.la.la.i.ka\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balalaïka
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balalaïka in French?
balalaïka appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).