shamisen
French, noun\ʃa.mi.sɛn\
shamisen is spelled S-H-A-M-I-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shamisen is a French masculine noun meaning “shamisen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Luth japonais à trois cordes, à long manche, à la touche lisse et dont la caisse de résonance est carrée. Il…”.
What does shamisen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshamisen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Luth japonais à trois cordes, à long manche, à la touche lisse et dont la caisse de résonance est carrée. Il est traditionnellement construit en bois de santal et recouvert de peaux de chat ou de chien.
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 shamisen
- shamisens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shamisen?
- \ʃa.mi.sɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is shamisen in French?
shamisen appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).