wishbone
French, noun\wiʃ.bɔn\
wishbone is a French masculine noun meaning “wishbone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espar particulier qui permet de tendre une voile à la manière d'une bôme”.
What does wishbone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewishbone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espar particulier qui permet de tendre une voile à la manière d'une bôme.
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 wishbone
- wishbones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wishbone?
- \wiʃ.bɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wishbone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wishbone in French?
wishbone appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).