gambison
French, noun/ɡɑ̃.bi.zɔ̃/
gambison is spelled G-A-M-B-I-S-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gambison is a French masculine noun meaning “Gambison” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Synonyme de jacque”.
What does gambison mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineGambison
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Synonyme de jacque.
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 gambison
- gambisons plural
- gambeçon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gambison?
- /ɡɑ̃.bi.zɔ̃/
- \ɡɑ̃.bi.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gambison in French?
gambison appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).