timbre
French, noun
timbre is spelled T-I-M-B-R-E (6 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Timbre is a French masculine noun meaning “small bell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, timbré is a different word: “stamped”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cloche immobile qui est frappée par un marteau placé le plus souvent en dehors. Nolette d'horloge”.
What does timbre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall bell
- 2
masculinestamp, postage stamp
- 3
masculinestamp (mark)
- 4
masculinetimbre
- 5
masculinequality of a vowel
adjective
- 1
stamped
- 2
loony, barmy, nuts
verb
- 1
past participle of timbrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Muni d’un timbre. 2. Qui permet d’acquitter le droit de timbre. 3. Qui a un certain timbre, en parlant d’un son. 4. Qui a l’esprit dérangé
noun: 1. Cloche immobile qui est frappée par un marteau placé le plus souvent en dehors. Nolette d'horloge. 2. Cloche utilisé dans les cloîtres des monastère. 3. Timbre sur les engins de déplacement personnel 4. Tête, de quelqu’un d’un peu fou.
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 timbre
- timbres plural
- timbrée feminine
- timbrés masculine plural
- timbrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to timbre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timbre in French?
timbre appears 6.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).