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carambole.

star fruit

9 characters4 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ka.ʁɑ̃.bɔl/
  1. star fruit

    feminine
    Les caramboles sont-elles mûres ?
  2. red (ball)

    dated · feminine
    Il a raté son coup de peu ; il est passé à deux millimètres de la carambole.
  3. French billiards

    broadly · dated · feminine
    La carambole est une variante de billard qui se joue à deux ou plusieurs joueurs, sur une table sans poche, avec des queues et trois billes : La blanche, la pointée (ou le pointu, également blanche parfois jaune) et la carambole (rouge).
  4. cannon

    dated · feminine
    Ne traduisez plus l'anglais “a carom” par “une carambole” ; préférez le terme “un carambolage” plus fréquent aujourd'hui.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish carambola.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.