rebec
French, noun/ʁə.bɛk/
rebec is spelled R-E-B-E-C (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rebec is a French masculine noun meaning “rebec” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancien instrument de musique à archet et monté de trois ou quatre cordes, qui était joué par les ménestrels…”.
What does rebec mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerebec
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancien instrument de musique à archet et monté de trois ou quatre cordes, qui était joué par les ménestrels et les jongleurs au Moyen Âge.
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 rebec
- rebecs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rebec?
- /ʁə.bɛk/
- \ʁə.bɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rebec in French?
rebec appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).