concubine
French, noun/kɔ̃.ky.bin/
concubine is spelled C-O-N-C-U-B-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concubine is a French feminine noun meaning “cohabitant, female domestic partner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme qui partage la vie de quelqu’un sans être mariée avec lui”.
What does concubine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecohabitant, female domestic partner
- 2
feminineconcubine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui partage la vie de quelqu’un sans être mariée avec lui.
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 concubine
- concubines plural
- concubin masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce concubine?
- /kɔ̃.ky.bin/
- \kɔ̃.ky.bin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to concubine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is concubine in French?
concubine 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).