caravansérail
French, noun/ka.ʁa.vɑ̃.se.ʁaj/
caravansérail is spelled C-A-R-A-V-A-N-S-É-R-A-I-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 86,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caravansérail is a French masculine noun meaning “caravanserai” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vaste hôtellerie, dans le Proche-Orient, où logent les caravanes, les voyageurs et les bêtes de somme”.
What does caravansérail mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaravanserai
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vaste hôtellerie, dans le Proche-Orient, où logent les caravanes, les voyageurs et les bêtes de somme. 2. Lieu très fréquenté et animé par des personnes de diverses provenances.
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 caravansérail
- caravansérails plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caravansérail?
- /ka.ʁa.vɑ̃.se.ʁaj/
- \ka.ʁa.vɑ̃.se.ʁaj\
- \ka.ʁa.vɑ̃.se.ʁɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caravansérail
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caravansérail in French?
caravansérail appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).