bimbeloterie
French, noun/bɛ̃.blɔ.tʁi/
bimbeloterie is spelled B-I-M-B-E-L-O-T-E-R-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bimbeloterie is a French feminine noun meaning “knickknacks (or their manufacture and selling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fabrication ou vente de bimbelots”.
What does bimbeloterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineknickknacks (or their manufacture and selling)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fabrication ou vente de bimbelots. 2. Les produits mêmes de cette industrie. 3. Articles de grande valeur (bijoux notamment), méprisés par la personne qui emploie ce terme pour les dévaloriser dans son discours.
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 bimbeloterie
- bimbeloteries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bimbeloterie?
- /bɛ̃.blɔ.tʁi/
- \bɛ̃.blɔ.tʁi\
- \bɛ̃.bə.lɔ.tʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bimbeloterie in French?
bimbeloterie appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).