gabelle
French, noun/ɡa.bɛl/
gabelle is spelled G-A-B-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gabelle is a French feminine noun meaning “gabelle, salt tax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Impôt indirect, prélevé notamment sur des articles de la production industrielle ou agricole en France durant…”.
What does gabelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegabelle, salt tax
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Impôt indirect, prélevé notamment sur des articles de la production industrielle ou agricole en France durant le Moyen Âge et l'Ancien Régime. 2. En particulier impôt sur le sel en France qui prit une importance croissante dans l’histoire fiscale en France durant le Moyen Âge et l’Ancien Régime. 3. Grenier où l’on vendait le sel. 4. Le service fiscal chargé de percevoir les taxes.
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 gabelle
- gabelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gabelle?
- /ɡa.bɛl/
- \ɡa.bɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gabelle in French?
gabelle appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).