barbec
French, noun/baʁ.bɛk/
barbec is spelled B-A-R-B-E-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbec is a French masculine noun meaning “clipping of barbecue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abréviation de barbecue”.
What does barbec mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineclipping of barbecue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abréviation de barbecue.
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 barbec
- barbecs plural
- barbec’
- barbeuc
- barbeuque
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbec?
- /baʁ.bɛk/
- \baʁ.bɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barbec in French?
barbec appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).