djembé
French, noun/dʒɛm.be/
djembé is spelled D-J-E-M-B-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Djembé is a French masculine noun meaning “djembe (large drum played with both hands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de musique originaire d’Afrique, composé d'une pièce de bois recouvert d’une peau tendue”.
What does djembé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedjembe (large drum played with both hands)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de musique originaire d’Afrique, composé d'une pièce de bois recouvert d’une peau tendue.
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 djembé
- djembés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce djembé?
- /dʒɛm.be/
- \dʒɛm.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to djembé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is djembé in French?
djembé appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).