tabarin
French, noun/ta.ba.ʁɛ̃/
tabarin is spelled T-A-B-A-R-I-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tabarin is a French masculine noun meaning “buffoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Farceur, bouffon”.
What does tabarin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuffoon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Farceur, bouffon. 2. Cabaret, endroit où l'on danse (du nom d'un cabaret parisien appelé « Bal Tabarin » puis, par extension : salle de bal)
noun: 1. Morceau de bois qui forme la clef de la charpente de la drome, dans une forge.
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 tabarin
- tabarins plural
- taburin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tabarin?
- /ta.ba.ʁɛ̃/
- \ta.ba.ʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tabarin in French?
tabarin 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).