moucharabieh
French, noun/mu.ʃa.ʁa.bje/
moucharabieh is a French feminine noun meaning “mashrabiyya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispositif permettant d’observer sans être vu, constitué généralement de petits éléments en bois tourné…”.
What does moucharabieh mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemashrabiyya
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositif permettant d’observer sans être vu, constitué généralement de petits éléments en bois tourné assemblés selon un plan géométrique, souvent complexe, formant un grillage serré. 2. Fenêtre, loggia ou balcon garni de ce dispositif.
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 moucharabieh
- moucharabiehs plural
- moucharabié alternative
- moucharaby alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moucharabieh?
- /mu.ʃa.ʁa.bje/
- \mu.ʃa.ʁa.bje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moucharabieh in French?
moucharabieh appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).