tabarnouche
French, noun/ta.baʁ.nuʃ/
tabarnouche is spelled T-A-B-A-R-N-O-U-C-H-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tabarnouche is a French feminine noun meaning “Someone or something annoying or angering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a euphemistic form of tabarnak. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot générique pour désigner quelqu’un ou quelque chose qui soulève la colère, l’impatience, l’incompréhension”.
What does tabarnouche mean in English?
noun
- 1
QuebecfemininemasculineSomeone or something annoying or angering.
Mes parents lui ont tout donné, la petite tabarnouche!
interjection
- 1
Quebeceuphemistic form of tabarnak
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Juron, sacre, version atténuée de tabarnak. 2. Putain.
noun: 1. Mot générique pour désigner quelqu’un ou quelque chose qui soulève la colère, l’impatience, l’incompréhension.
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 tabarnouche
- tabarnouches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tabarnouche?
- /ta.baʁ.nuʃ/
- \ta.baʁ.nuʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tabarnouche in French?
tabarnouche appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).