cubèbe
French, noun/ky.bɛb/
cubèbe is spelled C-U-B-È-B-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cubèbe is a French noun meaning “cubeb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vulgaire de Piper cubeba, arbre des Indes, ses fruits séchés sont utilisées en cuisine comme épice et on…”.
What does cubèbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
cubeb
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vulgaire de Piper cubeba, arbre des Indes, ses fruits séchés sont utilisées en cuisine comme épice et on en extrait une huile essentielle contenant de la cubébine. 2. Fruit de cet arbre.
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 cubèbe
- cubèbe m archaically also canonical feminine
- cubèbes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cubèbe?
- /ky.bɛb/
- \ky.bɛb\
- [ky.bɛb]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cubèbe in French?
cubèbe appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).