carafe
French, noun/ka.ʁaf/
carafe is spelled C-A-R-A-F-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carafe is a French feminine noun meaning “carafe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de bouteille de verre ou de cristal, avec ou sans bouchon, plus large par le bas que par le haut, qui…”.
What does carafe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarafe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de bouteille de verre ou de cristal, avec ou sans bouchon, plus large par le bas que par le haut, qui sert principalement à contenir l’eau et quelquefois le vin ou les liqueurs que l’on sert à table. 2. Quantité de liquide contenue dans une carafe. 3. Tête. 4. Événement fâcheux et imprévu.
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 carafe
- carafes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carafe?
- /ka.ʁaf/
- \ka.ʁaf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carafe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carafe in French?
carafe appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).