parabellum
French, noun/pa.ʁa.bɛ.lɔm/
parabellum is spelled P-A-R-A-B-E-L-L-U-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parabellum is a French masculine noun meaning “parabellum (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de munition destinée aux pistolets semi-automatiques”.
What does parabellum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparabellum (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type de munition destinée aux pistolets semi-automatiques. 2. Pistolet semi-automatique allemand qui fut le premier à utiliser cette cartouche.
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 parabellum
- parabellums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parabellum?
- /pa.ʁa.bɛ.lɔm/
- /pa.ʁa.be.lɔm/
- \pa.ʁa.be.lum\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parabellum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parabellum in French?
parabellum appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).