pastrami
French, noun\pas.tʁa.mi\
pastrami is spelled P-A-S-T-R-A-M-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastrami is a French masculine noun meaning “pastrami” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Préparation de viande de bœuf qui consiste à tremper le gros bout de poitrine dans de la saumure, puis à le…”.
What does pastrami mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepastrami
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Préparation de viande de bœuf qui consiste à tremper le gros bout de poitrine dans de la saumure, puis à le fumer, éventuellement après l’avoir farci de graines de piment vert.
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 pastrami
- pastramis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastrami?
- \pas.tʁa.mi\
- [pas.tʁa.mi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pastrami
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pastrami in French?
pastrami appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).