adouber
French, verb/a.du.be/
adouber is spelled A-D-O-U-B-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adouber is a French verb meaning “to dub (bestow the title of knight upon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ordonner chevalier, revêtir un homme d’armes défensives”.
What does adouber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dub (bestow the title of knight upon)
- 2
to name (a minister, successor etc.)
- 3
to adjust a piece in a board game, such as chess or backgammon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ordonner chevalier, revêtir un homme d’armes défensives. 2. Confirmer dans sa position ; reconnaître l’expertise, la légitimité ; officialiser ; approuver ; entériner ; légitimer. 3. Sert à indiquer qu’on touche une pièce non pour la jouer, mais pour l’arranger. 4. Réparer, raccommoder.
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 adouber
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- adoubant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- adoubé participle past
- adoube first-person indicative present
- adoubes indicative present second-person
- adoubons first-person indicative plural
- adoubez indicative plural present
- adoubent indicative plural present
- adoubais first-person imperfect indicative
- adoubait imperfect indicative singular
- adoubions first-person imperfect indicative
- adoubiez imperfect indicative plural
- adoubaient imperfect indicative plural
- adoubai first-person historic indicative
- adoubas historic indicative past
- adouba historic indicative past
- adoubâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adouber?
- /a.du.be/
- \a.du.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adouber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adouber in French?
adouber appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).