jambe
French, noun/ʒɑ̃b/
jambe is spelled J-A-M-B-E (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,746th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jambe is a French feminine noun meaning “leg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie de chacun des deux membres inférieurs de l’être humain, entre le genou et le pied”.
What does jambe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineleg
Il marche sur ses deux jambes.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie de chacun des deux membres inférieurs de l’être humain, entre le genou et le pied. 2. Le membre inférieur tout entier, y compris la cuisse. 3. Patte de certains animaux qui permettent la locomotion et qui correspondent à la jambe chez l’être humain. 4. Chacune des deux parties d’un pantalon, couvrant chacune une jambe.
adjective: 1. Qualifie quelqu’un qui a la jambe bien faite ou mal faite.
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 jambe
- jambes plural
- jambés plural masculine
- jambée singular feminine
- jambées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jambe?
- /ʒɑ̃b/
- \ʒɑ̃b\
- \ʒɑ̃.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jambe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jambe in French?
jambe appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).