gaber
French, verb/ɡa.be/
gaber is spelled G-A-B-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaber is a French verb meaning “to speak clumsily; to blunder; to laugh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Moquer, railler”.
What does gaber mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto ridicule; mock
- 2
to speak clumsily; to blunder; to laugh
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Moquer, railler. 2. Dire des bourdes, se moquer.
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 gaber
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- gabant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- gabé participle past
- gabe first-person indicative present
- gabes indicative present second-person
- gabons first-person indicative plural
- gabez indicative plural present
- gabent indicative plural present
- gabais first-person imperfect indicative
- gabait imperfect indicative singular
- gabions first-person imperfect indicative
- gabiez imperfect indicative plural
- gabaient imperfect indicative plural
- gabai first-person historic indicative
- gabas historic indicative past
- gaba historic indicative past
- gabâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaber?
- /ɡa.be/
- \ɡa.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gaber in French?
gaber appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).