gombette
French, adjective
gombette is spelled G-O-M-B-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gombette is a French adjective meaning “Relating to the old Burgundian system of law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie le plus ancien code des lois bourguignonnes”.
What does gombette mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obsoleteRelating to the old Burgundian system of law
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie le plus ancien code des lois bourguignonnes.
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 gombette
- gombettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gombette in French?
gombette appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).