faubourg
/ˈfəʊbʊəɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris, New Orleans, Montreal, or Quebec City.
Example Sentences
- "At last a great shout went up ... and that was sign sufficient that the faubourgs were ours."
- "[…]in the course of his walk (which led him out toward the faubourgs of Flatbush) he passed long vistas of signboards[…]"
- "By the time that I was quite clear of the city's unlovely faubourgs and purlieus I needed petrol: the Silver Ghost is a lovely car but its best friend would have to admit that its m.'s per g. are few."
Etymology
Borrowed from French faubourg.