nakba
French, noun/nak.ba/
nakba is a French feminine noun meaning “catastrophe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pour les Palestiniens, fondation de l’État d’Israël en 1948, suivi de l’expulsion des résidents arabes de la…”.
What does nakba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatastrophe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pour les Palestiniens, fondation de l’État d’Israël en 1948, suivi de l’expulsion des résidents arabes de la Palestine.
noun: 1. Variante de nakba.
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 nakba
- nakbas plural
- naqba
- nakbat
- naksa
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nakba?
- /nak.ba/
- \nak.ba\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nakba in French?
nakba appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).