lobster
French, noun[lɔbstær]
lobster is spelled L-O-B-S-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lobster is a French masculine noun meaning “lobster (a crustacean of the Nephropidae, or Homaridae, family)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lobster mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelobster (a crustacean of the Nephropidae, or Homaridae, family)
- 2
masculinea very large shrimp; a prawn
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of lobster
- lobsters plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lobster?
- [lɔbstær]
- [lɔbstə]
- [lɑbstəɹ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lobster in French?
lobster appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).