gambiste
French, noun/ɡɑ̃.bist/
gambiste is spelled G-A-M-B-I-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written French, the 282,260th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gambiste is a French feminine noun meaning “a person who plays the viola da gamba” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui joue de la viole de gambe”.
What does gambiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea person who plays the viola da gamba
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui joue de la viole de gambe.
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 gambiste
- gambistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gambiste?
- /ɡɑ̃.bist/
- \ɡɑ̃.bist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gambiste in French?
gambiste appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).