corbeau
French, noun/kɔʁ.bo/
corbeau is spelled C-O-R-B-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corbeau is a French masculine noun meaning “raven, crow (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire du grand corbeau (Corvus corax), gros oiseau passereau carnassier à plumage noir et au bec…”.
What does corbeau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineraven, crow (bird)
- 2
masculinepoison-pen letter writer
- 3
masculinecorbel
- 4
masculineCorvus
- 5
masculinebody collector (during a plague)
- 6
masculinecorvus (grappling hook used by the Romans in naval warfare)
- 7
datedderogatorymasculinepriest
- 8
colloquialmasculinea person who sends anonymous letters, phone calls, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire du grand corbeau (Corvus corax), gros oiseau passereau carnassier à plumage noir et au bec fort et noir. 2. Oiseau d’allure proche du grand corbeau (1) (freux, corneille, choucas, etc.) pouvant appartenir aux genres Corvus et Pyrrhocorax. 3. En temps d’épidémie, personne chargée par les autorités de sortir de la ville les cadavres des pestiférés afin de les réunir dans des fosses. 4. Nom donné quelquefois aux porteurs des morts.
adjective: 1. Qui est du noir le plus sombre, avec parfois des reflets bleutés. #000000 2. Qui appartient au peuple amérindien des Corbeaux.
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 corbeau
- corbeaux plural
- corbelle feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corbeau?
- /kɔʁ.bo/
- \kɔʁ.bo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corbeau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corbeau in French?
corbeau appears 2.9 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).