chabin
French, noun/ʃa.bɛ̃/
chabin is spelled C-H-A-B-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chabin is a French masculine noun meaning “sheep-goat hybrid, "geep"” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hybride de caprin et d’ovin provenant de la saillie d’une chèvre par un bélier”.
What does chabin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheep-goat hybrid, "geep"
- 2
masculineslanga person of African descent with pale skin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hybride de caprin et d’ovin provenant de la saillie d’une chèvre par un bélier. 2. Race caprine ressemblant à un hybride.
noun: 1. Personne noire à la peau claire. 2. Métis aux yeux clairs et aux cheveux tirant sur le blond.
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 chabin
- chabins plural
- chabine feminine
- shabin alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chabin?
- /ʃa.bɛ̃/
- \ʃa.bɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chabin in French?
chabin appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).