nombril
French, noun/nɔ̃.bʁil/
nombril is spelled N-O-M-B-R-I-L (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nombril is a French masculine noun meaning “navel, belly button” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cicatrice du cordon ombilical, placée au milieu du ventre de l’être humain et des quadrupèdes”.
What does nombril mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenavel, belly button
- 2
masculinemiddle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cicatrice du cordon ombilical, placée au milieu du ventre de l’être humain et des quadrupèdes. 2. Centre. → voir nombril du monde 3. Soi-même, dans une optique égocentrique. 4. Cavité qu’on aperçoit à la partie des fruits qui est opposée au pédoncule, et à laquelle les jardiniers donnent le nom d’œil.
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 nombril
- nombrils plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nombril?
- /nɔ̃.bʁil/
- /nɔ̃.bʁi/
- \nɔ̃.bʁil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nombril
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nombril in French?
nombril appears 2.3 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).