smalah
French, noun\sma.la\
smalah is spelled S-M-A-L-A-H (6 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Smalah is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of smala” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réunion des tentes d’un chef arabe avec sa famille, ses compagnons et soldats, biens et troupeaux, capitale…”.
What does smalah mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of smala
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réunion des tentes d’un chef arabe avec sa famille, ses compagnons et soldats, biens et troupeaux, capitale mobile. 2. Famille, suite nombreuse, groupe nombreux.
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 smalah
- smalahs plural
- smala
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce smalah?
- \sma.la\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is smalah in French?
smalah appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).