traboule
French, noun/tʁa.bul/
traboule is spelled T-R-A-B-O-U-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traboule is a French feminine noun meaning “a covered passageway that connects two streets” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Saint-Étienne) (Chambéry) Passage, souvent couvert, qui, en traversant un pâté de maisons, relie deux rues”.
What does traboule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea covered passageway that connects two streets
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Saint-Étienne) (Chambéry) Passage, souvent couvert, qui, en traversant un pâté de maisons, relie deux rues.
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 traboule
- traboules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce traboule?
- /tʁa.bul/
- \tʁa.bul\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is traboule in French?
traboule appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).