crabe
French, noun/kʁab/
crabe is spelled C-R-A-B-E (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crabe is a French masculine noun meaning “crab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Crustacé décapode, à large carapace, dont on mange la chair”.
What does crabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrab
- 2
informalmasculinecancer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Crustacé décapode, à large carapace, dont on mange la chair. 2. Cancer (maladie). 3. Comédien de second ordre. 4. Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est assez peu présent en héraldique française mais plus fréquent en héraldique britannique. Il est généralement représenté vu de dessus, pattes écartées du corps (deux orientées vers le chef, deux vers la pointe), pinces vers le chef. À rapprocher de crevette, écrevisse et homard.
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 crabe
- crabes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crabe?
- /kʁab/
- \kʁab\
- \kʁɑb\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crabe in French?
crabe appears 2.5 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).