bois d'ébène
French, noun\bwa de.bɛn\
bois d'ébène is spelled B-O-I-S-D-É-B-È-N-E (10 letters). Bois d'ébène is a French masculine noun meaning “black slaves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bois de l’ébénier”.
What does bois d'ébène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffensiveblack slaves
- 2
masculineUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bois, d', ébène (ebony wood).
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bois de l’ébénier. 2. Esclaves noirs.
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.
How do you pronounce bois d'ébène?
- \bwa de.bɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bois d'ébène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.