jambette
French, noun/ʒɑ̃.bɛt/
jambette is spelled J-A-M-B-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jambette is a French feminine noun meaning “act of tripping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit couteau sans ressort, dont la lame se replie dans le manche”.
What does jambette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletepenknife
- 2
Quebecfeminineact of tripping
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit couteau sans ressort, dont la lame se replie dans le manche. 2. Petit poteau qui porte les chevrons ou pièce de bois qui renforce les arbalétriers. 3. Pièce de bois qui lie ensemble les lisses. 4. Croc-en-jambe, croche-pied.
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 jambette
- jambettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jambette?
- /ʒɑ̃.bɛt/
- \ʒɑ̃.bɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jambette in French?
jambette appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).