cambuse
French, noun/kɑ̃.byz/
cambuse is spelled C-A-M-B-U-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cambuse is a French feminine noun meaning “a storeroom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit du bateau où sont conservés les vivres”.
What does cambuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea storeroom
- 2
feminineslanga hovel
- 3
feminineslanga badly maintained and often ill-famed cabaret or inn
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Endroit du bateau où sont conservés les vivres. 2. Logis pauvre et mal tenu, mauvaise auberge.
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 cambuse
- cambuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambuse?
- /kɑ̃.byz/
- \kɑ̃.byz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cambuse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cambuse in French?
cambuse appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).