chaban
French, noun/ʃa.bɑ̃/
chaban is spelled C-H-A-B-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaban is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of chaabane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chaban mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of chaabane
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chaban
- chabans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaban?
- /ʃa.bɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chaban in French?
chaban 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).