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globish

French, noun/ɡlɔ.biʃ/

globish is spelled G-L-O-B-I-S-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Globish is a French masculine noun meaning “Globish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jargon utilisé par des locuteurs non anglophones quand ils veulent communiquer en anglais”.

What does globish mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineGlobish

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Jargon utilisé par des locuteurs non anglophones quand ils veulent communiquer en anglais.

adjective: 1. Relatif au globish.

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.

How do you pronounce globish?

  • /ɡlɔ.biʃ/
  • \ɡlɔ.biʃ\

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

How common is globish in French?

globish appears about once in every 23 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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