grabataire
French, adjective/ɡʁa.ba.tɛʁ/
grabataire is spelled G-R-A-B-A-T-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 95,695th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grabataire is a French adjective meaning “bedridden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est malade et qui reste dans son lit, cloué au lit”.
What does grabataire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bedridden
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui est malade et qui ne peut plus quitter son lit.
adjective: 1. Qui est malade et qui reste dans son lit, cloué au lit.
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 grabataire
- grabataires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grabataire?
- /ɡʁa.ba.tɛʁ/
- \ɡʁa.ba.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grabataire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grabataire in French?
grabataire appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).