oliban
French, noun/ɔ.li.bɑ̃/
oliban is spelled O-L-I-B-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oliban is a French masculine noun meaning “incense; frankincense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le premier encens qui découle de l’arbre, en grosses larmes, de couleur jaunâtre”.
What does oliban mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerareincense; frankincense
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le premier encens qui découle de l’arbre, en grosses larmes, de couleur jaunâtre. 2. Arbre qui donne cet encens, Boswellia sacra Flueck.
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 oliban
- olibans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oliban?
- /ɔ.li.bɑ̃/
- \ɔ.li.bɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oliban in French?
oliban appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).