cabane
French, noun/ka.ban/
cabane is spelled C-A-B-A-N-E (6 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabane is a French feminine noun meaning “cabin, hut, shack; shed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite maison grossièrement construite”.
What does cabane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecabin, hut, shack; shed
- 2
feminineslangprison
- 3
femininebed
- 4
feminineworkshop
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite maison grossièrement construite. 2. Abri pour les animaux, poules, lapins, etc. 3. Petit abri construit à partir de matériaux rudimentaires (bois, terre, glace). 4. Prison.
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 cabane
- cabanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabane?
- /ka.ban/
- \ka.ban\
- \ka.ba.n\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabane in French?
cabane appears 6.3 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).