sahib
French, noun\sa.ib\
sahib is spelled S-A-H-I-B (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sahib is a French masculine noun meaning “sahib” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Titre de respect en Inde, il était notamment utilisé comme une manière respectueuse de s'adresser à un…”.
What does sahib mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesahib
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titre de respect en Inde, il était notamment utilisé comme une manière respectueuse de s'adresser à un Européen, considéré comme un invité d'honneur.
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 sahib
- sahibs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sahib?
- \sa.ib\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sahib in French?
sahib appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).