flambeau
French, noun\flɑ̃.bo\
flambeau is spelled F-L-A-M-B-E-A-U (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flambeau is a French masculine noun meaning “torch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Torche de résine ou de cire qu’on porte à la main”.
What does flambeau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetorch
- 2
masculinecandle
- 3
masculinecandlestick
- 4
masculinelight, flame as symbolic spirit of something
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Torche de résine ou de cire qu’on porte à la main. 2. Chandelle, bougie. 3. Chandelier de qualité qui porte ordinairement des bougies de cire. 4. Meuble représentant une torche enflammée dans les armoiries. Quand la flamme est d’un autre émail, on la dit allumée. Quand elle est présentée flammes en bas, on la dit renversée. À rapprocher de falot, fanal, lampe, lampe de mineur et torche.
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 flambeau
- flambeaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flambeau?
- \flɑ̃.bo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flambeau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flambeau in French?
flambeau appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).