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bobine

French, noun

bobine is spelled B-O-B-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bobine is a French feminine noun meaning “bobbin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of bobiner. With an accent, bobiné is a different word: “past participle of bobiner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit cylindre de bois qui est garni d’un rebord à ses deux extrémités et qui sert à filer au rouet, à…”.

What does bobine mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebobbin

  2. 2

    femininereel, spool

  3. 3

    femininedrum

  4. 4

    femininecoil

  5. 5

    feminineellipsis of bobine d'allumage (“ignition coil”)

  6. 6

    colloquialfemininehead, noggin; face

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as bobiné
  1. 1

    past participle of bobiner

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petit cylindre de bois qui est garni d’un rebord à ses deux extrémités et qui sert à filer au rouet, à dévider du fil, de la soie, de l’or, etc. 2. Cylindre de bois, de plastique, de métal, etc., avec ou sans rebord, servant à y enrouler des produits tels que du fil (végétal, synthétique, de fer, électrique, etc.), de la corde, de la ficelle, de la pellicule, de la bande magnétique, du ruban adhésif, etc. 3. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) 4. Cylindre autour duquel s’enroulent des fils métalliques qui servent à conduire un courant électrique.

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 bobine

  • bobines plural
  • bobinée feminine
  • bobinés masculine plural
  • bobinées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bobine

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bobine in French?

bobine appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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