cambrousse
French, noun/kɑ̃.bʁus/
cambrousse is spelled C-A-M-B-R-O-U-S-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cambrousse is a French feminine noun meaning “countryside, outback, backwoods, sticks, boondocks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coin de campagne reculé”.
What does cambrousse mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininecountryside, outback, backwoods, sticks, boondocks
en pleine cambrousse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coin de campagne reculé.
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 cambrousse
- cambrousses plural
- cambrouse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambrousse?
- /kɑ̃.bʁus/
- \kɑ̃.bʁus\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cambrousse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cambrousse in French?
cambrousse appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).