gerbille
French, noun/ʒɛʁ.bij/
gerbille is spelled G-E-R-B-I-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerbille is a French feminine noun meaning “gerbil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit rongeur appartenant à la sous-famille des Gerbilles, se distinguant facilement des souris et des rats…”.
What does gerbille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegerbil
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit rongeur appartenant à la sous-famille des Gerbilles, se distinguant facilement des souris et des rats par sa queue poilue.
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 gerbille
- gerbilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gerbille?
- /ʒɛʁ.bij/
- \ʒɛʁ.bij\
- \ʒɛʁ.biʎ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gerbille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gerbille in French?
gerbille appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).