embole
French, noun/ɑ̃.bɔl/
embole is spelled E-M-B-O-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embole is a French masculine noun meaning “embolus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Éperon de la proue des navires”.
What does embole mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembolus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Éperon de la proue des navires. 2. Tête de bélier qui servait à enfoncer les fortifications.
noun: 1. Satire jouée lors d’un entr’acte.
noun: 1. Caillot ou autre matériel qui provoque une embolie ^([WP]). 2. Articulation par emboîtement réciproque. 3. Réduction des os luxés.
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 embole
- emboles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embole?
- /ɑ̃.bɔl/
- \ɑ̃.bɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embole in French?
embole appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).