lambic
French, noun/lɑ̃.bik/
lambic is spelled L-A-M-B-I-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lambic is a French masculine noun meaning “lambic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bière belge, préparée avec du malt et du froment cru par la fermentation spontanée”.
What does lambic mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelambic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bière belge, préparée avec du malt et du froment cru par la fermentation spontanée.
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 lambic
- lambics plural
- lambick
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lambic?
- /lɑ̃.bik/
- \lɑ̃.bik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lambic
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lambic in French?
lambic appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).