diable
French, noun/djabl/
diable is spelled D-I-A-B-L-E (6 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,526th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diable is a French masculine noun meaning “devil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Créature infernale”.
What does diable mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedevil
- 2
colloquialmasculinerogue, (old) devil
- 3
masculinehand truck
interjection
- 1
dateddash it!, deuce!
adverb
- 1
colloquialthe hell, on earth, intensifies interrogatives
pourquoi diable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Créature infernale. 2. Personne très méchante, ou violente, emportée, ou d’une pétulance excessive, d’une turbulence incommode et bruyante. 3. Homme. (→ voir pauvre diable) 4. Outil de manutention muni de deux roulettes et de deux bras permettant de déplacer de lourds objets.
interjection: 1. Exclamation de surprise, d’admiration, de doute, de mécontentement, d’inquiétude, d’embarras, d’incertitude, etc.
particle: 1. Particule de surprise, d’inquiétude, d’embarras, etc., ajouté après un mot interrogatif.
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 diable
- diables plural
- yiable alternative Canada
- diablesse
- yabe
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diable?
- /djabl/
- /djɑbl/
- /dʒɔb/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diable in French?
diable appears 22 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).