jambalaya
French, noun\ʒam.ba.la.ja\
jambalaya is spelled J-A-M-B-A-L-A-Y-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jambalaya is a French masculine noun meaning “jambalaya (rice-based dish from Louisiana)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Spécialité culinaire à base de riz de la Louisiane et de Provence”.
What does jambalaya mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejambalaya (rice-based dish from Louisiana)
- 2
masculinea mixture of foods of any kind
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Spécialité culinaire à base de riz de la Louisiane et de Provence.
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 jambalaya
- jambalayas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jambalaya?
- \ʒam.ba.la.ja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jambalaya
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jambalaya in French?
jambalaya appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).