Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rabelais

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables
ra-belais
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from French.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Rabelais.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Rabelaises (plural)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does rabelais mean?
A surname from French.
Where does rabelais come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce rabelais

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