daube
French, noun
daube is spelled D-A-U-B-E (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Daube is a French feminine noun meaning “stew, casserole; daube” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of dauber. With an accent, daubé is a different word: “past participle of dauber”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière de préparer certaines viandes avec un assaisonnement particulier et de les cuire à l’étouffée à très…”.
What does daube mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestew, casserole; daube
- 2
feminineslangcrap; crappiness (something of low quality)
C'est trop de la daube ce film!
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of dauber
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière de préparer certaines viandes avec un assaisonnement particulier et de les cuire à l’étouffée à très petit feu. 2. La viande accommodée de cette manière. 3. Chose de mauvaise qualité.
noun: 1. Viande dure, de mauvaise qualité.
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 daube
- daubes plural
- daubée feminine
- daubés masculine plural
- daubées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to daube
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is daube in French?
daube appears 1.1 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).