obèle
French, noun/ɔ.bɛl/
obèle is spelled O-B-È-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obèle is a French masculine noun meaning “obelus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Signe (–) permettant de repérer une interpolation, une répétition, ou une erreur dans un manuscrit ancien”.
What does obèle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobelus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Signe (–) permettant de repérer une interpolation, une répétition, ou une erreur dans un manuscrit ancien. 2. Signe (obèle : † ou double obèle : ‡) permettant de signifier un appel de note.
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 obèle
- obèles plural
- obel
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obèle?
- /ɔ.bɛl/
- \ɔ.bɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obèle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obèle in French?
obèle appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).