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giberne

French, noun/ʒi.bɛʁn/

giberne is spelled G-I-B-E-R-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Giberne is a French feminine noun meaning “cartridge box” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boîte recouverte de cuir dans laquelle les soldats mettaient les cartouches et quelques menus objets pour…”.

What does giberne mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecartridge box

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Boîte recouverte de cuir dans laquelle les soldats mettaient les cartouches et quelques menus objets pour l’entretien des armes. 2. Bavardage.

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 giberne

  • gibernes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce giberne?

  • /ʒi.bɛʁn/
  • \ʒi.bɛʁn\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to giberne

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is giberne in French?

giberne appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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