carambouille
French, noun/ka.ʁɑ̃.buj/
carambouille is spelled C-A-R-A-M-B-O-U-I-L-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carambouille is a French feminine noun meaning “con in which someone sells something bought on credit, and then disappears without paying his debt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Escroquerie intellectuelle, poudre aux yeux”.
What does carambouille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecon in which someone sells something bought on credit, and then disappears without paying his debt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Malversation, escroquerie, consistant à revendre au comptant une marchandise non payée. 2. Escroquerie intellectuelle, poudre aux yeux.
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 carambouille
- carambouilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carambouille?
- /ka.ʁɑ̃.buj/
- \ka.ʁɑ̃.buj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carambouille in French?
carambouille appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).