ébat
French, noun/e.ba/
ébat is spelled É-B-A-T (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ébat is a French masculine noun meaning “frolic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ébattre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de s’ébattre”.
What does ébat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrolic
des ébats sexuels
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of ébattre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de s’ébattre. 2. Jeux amoureux ou sexuels.
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 ébat
- ébats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ébat?
- /e.ba/
- \e.ba\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ébat in French?
ébat appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).