pernambouc
French, noun/pɛʁ.nɑ̃.buk/
pernambouc is spelled P-E-R-N-A-M-B-O-U-C (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 97,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pernambouc is a French masculine noun meaning “brazilwood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bois de Pernambouc”.
What does pernambouc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrazilwood
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bois de Pernambouc.
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 pernambouc
- pernamboucs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pernambouc?
- /pɛʁ.nɑ̃.buk/
- \pɛʁ.nɑ̃.buk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pernambouc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pernambouc in French?
pernambouc appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).