lambeau
French, noun/lɑ̃.bo/
lambeau is spelled L-A-M-B-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lambeau is a French masculine noun meaning “scrap, strip, shred (of cloth; flesh)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau d’une étoffe déchirée”.
What does lambeau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescrap, strip, shred (of cloth; flesh)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau d’une étoffe déchirée. 2. Morceaux de chair déchirée. 3. Partie détachée ; fragment ; débris.
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 lambeau
- lambeaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lambeau?
- /lɑ̃.bo/
- \lɑ̃.bo\
- [lɑ̃.bo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lambeau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lambeau in French?
lambeau appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).