gabier
French, noun/ɡa.bje/
gabier is spelled G-A-B-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gabier is a French masculine noun meaning “topman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matelot qui monte dans les hunes et qui est chargé spécialement de manœuvrer les voiles et d’entretenir le…”.
What does gabier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetopman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matelot qui monte dans les hunes et qui est chargé spécialement de manœuvrer les voiles et d’entretenir le gréement. 2. Ouvrier charger de couler le béton lors du creusage d’un puits de mine. 3. Ouvrier charger de couler du béton dans des banches, des batardeaux, etc. 4. Ouvrier qui réalise des gabions.
noun: 1. Guichet automatique bancaire.
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 gabier
- gabiers plural
- gabière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gabier?
- /ɡa.bje/
- \ɡa.bje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gabier in French?
gabier appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).