charabia
French, noun/ʃa.ʁa.bja/
charabia is spelled C-H-A-R-A-B-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charabia is a French masculine noun meaning “double Dutch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Patois auvergnat”.
What does charabia mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinedouble Dutch
- 2
masculinegibberish
Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce charabia?
- 3
masculineobsoleteAuvergnat dialect
- 4
masculineobsoleteAn Auvergnat person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Patois auvergnat. 2. Qualifie un Auvergnat. 3. Langage incompréhensible ou qui parait inintelligible parce qu'il est incorrect, inconnu, ou déconcertant.
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 charabia
- charabias plural
- charabiat rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charabia?
- /ʃa.ʁa.bja/
- \ʃa.ʁa.bja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charabia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charabia in French?
charabia appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).