débarbouillette
French, noun/de.baʁ.bu.jɛt/
débarbouillette is spelled D-É-B-A-R-B-O-U-I-L-L-E-T-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débarbouillette is a French feminine noun meaning “facecloth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tissu servant à nettoyer quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.
What does débarbouillette mean in English?
noun
- 1
Quebecfemininefacecloth
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tissu servant à nettoyer quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
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 débarbouillette
- débarbouillettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce débarbouillette?
- /de.baʁ.bu.jɛt/
- \de.baʁ.bu.jɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is débarbouillette in French?
débarbouillette appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).