sébile
French, noun/se.bil/
sébile is spelled S-É-B-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sébile is a French feminine noun meaning “begging bowl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Récipient de bois ou de métal rond et creux”.
What does sébile mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebegging bowl
Un aveugle tend sa sébile pour recevoir l’aumône.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Récipient de bois ou de métal rond et creux. 2. Récipient utilisé par les mendiants pour que les passants y déposent de l’argent.
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 sébile
- sébiles plural
- sébille
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sébile?
- /se.bil/
- \se.bil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sébile in French?
sébile appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).