macabre
French, adjective/ma.kabʁ/
macabre is spelled M-A-C-A-B-R-E (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macabre is a French adjective meaning “macabre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une « danse » consistant en une suite d’images qui représentent la mort entraînant avec elle, en…”.
What does macabre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
macabre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie une « danse » consistant en une suite d’images qui représentent la mort entraînant avec elle, en dansant, des personnages de toutes les conditions → voir danse macabre. 2. Qui est lugubre, funèbre, sinistre. 3. Lourd à porter. ^([3])
noun: 1. Ce qui présente un caractère macabre.
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 macabre
- macabres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macabre?
- /ma.kabʁ/
- \ma.kɑbʁ\
- \ma.kabʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macabre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macabre in French?
macabre appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).