shibari
French, noun/ʃi.ba.ʁi/
shibari is spelled S-H-I-B-A-R-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shibari is a French masculine noun meaning “shibari” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bondage japonais à caractère sexuel ou artistique”.
What does shibari mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshibari
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bondage japonais à caractère sexuel ou artistique.
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.
How do you pronounce shibari?
- /ʃi.ba.ʁi/
- \ʃi.ba.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shibari
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shibari in French?
shibari appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).