brelan
French, noun/bʁə.lɑ̃/
brelan is spelled B-R-E-L-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 71,364th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brelan is a French masculine noun meaning “gleek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeu de cartes où l’on ne donne que trois cartes à chaque joueur”.
What does brelan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegleek
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeu de cartes où l’on ne donne que trois cartes à chaque joueur. 2. Trois cartes semblables détenues par un joueur dans ce jeu. 3. Trois cartes semblables détenues par un joueur dans d’autres jeux de cartes. 4. Groupe de trois, trio.
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 brelan
- brelans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brelan?
- /bʁə.lɑ̃/
- \bʁə.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brelan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brelan in French?
brelan appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).