Complete Definition of "faubourg"

English
Etymology
From French #French|faubourg, alteration of Old French fors bourg �settlement outside the ramparts�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�f��b��g/ (or as French, below)

Noun
en-noun

  1. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.

#*1973: 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. � Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me. (Penguin 2001, p. 81)


French
Etymology
Old French fors bourg �settlement outside the ramparts�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/fobu�/

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. suburb

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