taurobole
French, noun/tɔ.ʁɔ.bɔl/
taurobole is spelled T-A-U-R-O-B-O-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taurobole is a French masculine noun meaning “taurobolium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sacrifice expiatoire d’un taureau en l’honneur de Cybèle ou de Mithra”.
What does taurobole mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaurobolium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sacrifice expiatoire d’un taureau en l’honneur de Cybèle ou de Mithra. 2. Autel sur lequel ces sacrifices étaient faits.
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 taurobole
- tauroboles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taurobole?
- /tɔ.ʁɔ.bɔl/
- /to.ʁɔ.bɔl/
- \tɔ.ʁɔ.bɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is taurobole in French?
taurobole appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).