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pimbêche

French, noun/pɛ̃.bɛʃ/

pimbêche is spelled P-I-M-B-Ê-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pimbêche is a French feminine noun meaning “minx (impertinent woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme impertinente qui se donne des airs de hauteur”.

What does pimbêche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineminx (impertinent woman)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Femme impertinente qui se donne des airs de hauteur.

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 pimbêche

  • pimbêches plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pimbêche?

  • /pɛ̃.bɛʃ/
  • \pɛ̃.bɛʃ\
  • [ˈpə̃.bɛʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pimbêche

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pimbêche in French?

pimbêche appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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