sorabe
French, noun
sorabe is spelled S-O-R-A-B-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorabe is a French masculine noun meaning “Sorbian (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sorabe is a different word: “Sorb (person)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Famille de langues slaves de l’Ouest, proches du polonais, parlées dans l’est de l’Allemagne”.
What does sorabe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Sorbian
noun
- 1
masculineSorbian (language)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineSorb (person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Sorabes.
noun: 1. Famille de langues slaves de l’Ouest, proches du polonais, parlées dans l’est de l’Allemagne.
noun: 1. Slave habitant la Lusace. 2. Serbe.
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 sorabe
- sorabes plural
- Sorabes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sorabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorabe in French?
sorabe appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).