shawarma
French, noun/ʃa.waʁ.ma/
shawarma is spelled S-H-A-W-A-R-M-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shawarma is a French masculine noun meaning “shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sandwich ou roulade à base de viande de kébab cuite sur broche verticale agrémentée de légumes et de sauce”.
What does shawarma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sandwich ou roulade à base de viande de kébab cuite sur broche verticale agrémentée de légumes et de sauce.
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 shawarma
- shawarmas plural
- chawarma alternative
- chaouarma
- shwarma
- shawerma
- shoarma
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shawarma?
- /ʃa.waʁ.ma/
- \ʃa.waʁ.ma\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shawarma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shawarma in French?
shawarma appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).