gibet
French, noun/ʒi.bɛ/
gibet is spelled G-I-B-E-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gibet is a French masculine noun meaning “gallows, gibbet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Potence où l’on exécute ceux qui sont condamnés à être pendus”.
What does gibet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegallows, gibbet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Potence où l’on exécute ceux qui sont condamnés à être pendus. 2. Fourches patibulaires où l’on exposait les corps de ceux qui avaient été pendus.
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 gibet
- gibets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gibet?
- /ʒi.bɛ/
- \ʒi.bɛ\
- [ʒi.bɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gibet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gibet in French?
gibet appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).