gamelan
French, noun/ɡam.lan/
gamelan is spelled G-A-M-E-L-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gamelan is a French masculine noun meaning “gamelan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble instrumental indonésien de type traditionnel composé principalement de percussions en bronze posées…”.
What does gamelan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegamelan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble instrumental indonésien de type traditionnel composé principalement de percussions en bronze posées sur des caisses de résonance en bois. 2. Sorte de grand xylophone en bambou qui produit une gamme limitée de sons peu subtils.
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 gamelan
- gamelans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gamelan?
- /ɡam.lan/
- \ɡa.mə.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gamelan in French?
gamelan appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).