engobe
French, noun
engobe is spelled E-N-G-O-B-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engobe is a French masculine noun meaning “engobe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of engober. With an accent, engobé is a different word: “past participle of engober”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matière terreuse dont les potiers recouvrent leur pâte pour en changer la couleur”.
What does engobe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineengobe
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of engober
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matière terreuse dont les potiers recouvrent leur pâte pour en changer la couleur.
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 engobe
- engobes plural
- engobée feminine
- engobés masculine plural
- engobées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is engobe in French?
engobe appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).