escarbille
French, noun/ɛs.kaʁ.bij/
escarbille is spelled E-S-C-A-R-B-I-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarbille is a French feminine noun meaning “a small piece of unburned coal mixed with ashes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de braise incomplètement brûlé et que l’on retrouve dans les fumées”.
What does escarbille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea small piece of unburned coal mixed with ashes
- 2
femininea speck of ember that escapes from a fire and floats in the air; floating ember
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de braise incomplètement brûlé et que l’on retrouve dans les fumées. 2. Fraisil ; cendres incomplètement brûlées. 3. Résidu de combustion volatile susceptible de provoquer un incendie.
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 escarbille
- escarbilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarbille?
- /ɛs.kaʁ.bij/
- \ɛs.kaʁ.bij\
- [ɛs.kaʁ.bij]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escarbille in French?
escarbille appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).