favela
French, noun\fa.ve.la\
favela is spelled F-A-V-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Favela is a French feminine noun meaning “favela (a slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bidonville brésilien”.
What does favela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefavela (a slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bidonville brésilien.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de favela.
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 favela
- favelas plural
- favéla
- favélas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce favela?
- \fa.ve.la\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to favela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is favela in French?
favela appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).