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plèbe

French, noun/plɛb/

plèbe is spelled P-L-È-B-E (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plèbe is a French feminine noun meaning “pleb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Antiquité) Dans l'ancienne Rome, ensemble des classes du peuple romain qui n'appartiennent pas à…”.

What does plèbe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepleb

  2. 2

    femininepeople, mob

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Antiquité) Dans l'ancienne Rome, ensemble des classes du peuple romain qui n'appartiennent pas à l'aristocratie, au patriciat. 2. Peuple.

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 plèbe

  • plèbes plural

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

How do you pronounce plèbe?

  • /plɛb/
  • \plɛb\

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

English words that translate to plèbe

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

How common is plèbe in French?

plèbe appears 1.1 times per 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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