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kobold

French, noun/kɔ.bɔld/

kobold is a French masculine noun meaning “kobold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Génie familier de la mythologie allemande, gobelin, lutin”.

What does kobold mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekobold

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Génie familier de la mythologie allemande, gobelin, lutin.

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 kobold

  • kobolds plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce kobold?

  • /kɔ.bɔld/
  • \kɔ.bɔld\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is kobold in French?

kobold appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).