kebab
French, noun
kebab is spelled K-E-B-A-B (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kebab is a French masculine noun meaning “kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, kébab is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of kebab”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Divers types de viande rôtie et épicée à l’orientale : döner kébab, chichekébab, etc”.
What does kebab mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling of kebab
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Divers types de viande rôtie et épicée à l’orientale : döner kébab, chichekébab, etc. 2. Sandwich ou roulade à base de viande de kébab cuite sur broche verticale agrémentée de légumes et de sauce. 3. Établissement servant de tels sandwichs.
noun: 1. Divers types de viande rôtie et épicée à l’orientale : döner kébab, chichekébab, etc. 2. Sandwich ou roulade à base de viande de kébab cuite sur broche verticale agrémentée de légumes et de sauce. 3. Type de restaurant où l’on peut manger ou acheter un tel sandwich.
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 kebab
- kebabs plural
- kébab alternative
- kébabs plural
- kebab alternative
- stage kebab
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kebab
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kebab in French?
kebab appears 2.3 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).