colombier
French, noun/kɔ.lɔ̃.bje/
colombier is spelled C-O-L-O-M-B-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colombier is a French masculine noun meaning “dovecote, columbarium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâtiment en forme de tour ronde ou carrée, où l’on loge et nourrit des pigeons”.
What does colombier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedovecote, columbarium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâtiment en forme de tour ronde ou carrée, où l’on loge et nourrit des pigeons.
noun: 1. Papier au format 30 cm X 80 cm. 2. Grand espace laissé entre les mots.
noun: 1. Grandes pièces de bois servant à soutenir un navire pendant sa construction.
noun: 1. Gâteau, spécialité marseillaise qui se déguste à la Pentecôte.
noun: 1. Fromage de Savoie, proche du reblochon, au lait de vache et de chèvre à pâte pressée non cuite. On le nomme aussi colombière
adjective: 1. Relatif à Colombier, commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Saône.
noun: 1. Habitant de Colombier, en Haute-Saône.
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 colombier
- colombiers plural
- colombière singular feminine
- colombières plural feminine
- Colombiers plural
- Colombière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colombier?
- /kɔ.lɔ̃.bje/
- \kɔ.lɔ̃.bje\
- [kɔ.lɔ̃.bje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colombier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colombier in French?
colombier appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).