galbanum
French, noun/ɡal.ba.nɔm/
galbanum is spelled G-A-L-B-A-N-U-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galbanum is a French masculine noun meaning “galbanum (resin from plants of the genus Ferula, used to make incense)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gomme-résine odorante de la férule gommeuse, dont on faisait de l'encens”.
What does galbanum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegalbanum (resin from plants of the genus Ferula, used to make incense)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gomme-résine odorante de la férule gommeuse, dont on faisait de l'encens.
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 galbanum
- galbanums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galbanum?
- /ɡal.ba.nɔm/
- \ɡal.ba.nɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is galbanum in French?
galbanum appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).