gobemouche
French, noun/ɡɔb.muʃ/
gobemouche is spelled G-O-B-E-M-O-U-C-H-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gobemouche is a French masculine noun meaning “flycatcher (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de petit oiseau passereau, à bec fin et largement fendu, à longues ailes et à pattes courtes qui se…”.
What does gobemouche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflycatcher (bird)
- 2
masculinea naive, gullible person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de petit oiseau passereau, à bec fin et largement fendu, à longues ailes et à pattes courtes qui se nourrit de mouches et d’autres insectes volants qu'il attrape en vol.
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 gobemouche
- gobemouches plural
- gobe-mouche alternative
- gobe-mouches
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gobemouche?
- /ɡɔb.muʃ/
- \ɡɔb.muʃ\
- [ɡɔb.muʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gobemouche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gobemouche in French?
gobemouche appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).