mamelouk
French, noun/mam.luk/
mamelouk is spelled M-A-M-E-L-O-U-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mamelouk is a French masculine noun meaning “mameluke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cavalier d'une milice qui servait de garde aux califes et dont sont issus plusieurs sultans égyptiens”.
What does mamelouk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemameluke
adjective
- 1
mameluke
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cavalier d'une milice qui servait de garde aux califes et dont sont issus plusieurs sultans égyptiens. 2. Cavalier de la garde impériale de Napoléon Ier, recruté par les Français lors de la campagne d'Égypte. 3. Agents dévoués d’un chef, prêts à exécuter tous ses ordres, si rigoureux qu’ils soient.
adjective: 1. Relatif aux mamelouks, en particulier à leur domination sur l'Égypte.
noun: 1. Cavalier d'une milice qui servait de garde aux califes et dont sont issus plusieurs sultans égyptiens.
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 mamelouk
- mamelouks plural
- mameluk alternative
- mamelouke feminine
- mameloukes feminine plural
- mamelouc
- mamelouck
- mameluck
- Mamelouks plural
- Mamlouk
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mamelouk?
- /mam.luk/
- \mam.luk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mamelouk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mamelouk in French?
mamelouk appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).