carabistouille
French, noun/ka.ʁa.bis.tuj/
carabistouille is spelled C-A-R-A-B-I-S-T-O-U-I-L-L-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carabistouille is a French feminine noun meaning “nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Blague, galéjade”.
What does carabistouille mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalnonsense
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Blague, galéjade. 2. Mensonges, tromperie.
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 carabistouille
- carabistouilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carabistouille?
- /ka.ʁa.bis.tuj/
- \ka.ʁa.bis.tuj\
- [ka.ʁa.bis.tuj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carabistouille in French?
carabistouille appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).