lambin
French, noun/lɑ̃.bɛ̃/
lambin is spelled L-A-M-B-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lambin is a French masculine noun meaning “slowpoke, plodder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui agit habituellement avec lenteur”.
What does lambin mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedinformalmasculineslowpoke, plodder
adjective
- 1
datedinformaldawdling, plodding
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui agit habituellement avec lenteur.
noun: 1. Celui qui agit habituellement avec lenteur.
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 lambin
- lambins plural
- lambine feminine
- lambines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lambin?
- /lɑ̃.bɛ̃/
- \lɑ̃.bɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lambin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lambin in French?
lambin appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).