barbacane
French, noun/baʁ.ba.kan/
barbacane is spelled B-A-R-B-A-C-A-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbacane is a French feminine noun meaning “barbican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrage avancé, percé de meurtrières et destiné à renforcer les défenses d'une porte ou d'un passage”.
What does barbacane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarbican
- 2
femininebuttress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrage avancé, percé de meurtrières et destiné à renforcer les défenses d'une porte ou d'un passage. 2. Meurtrière ou fenêtre étroite. 3. Ouverture pratiquée en bas d'un mur de soutènement ou dans une terrasse pour faciliter l'écoulement des eaux.
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 barbacane
- barbacanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbacane?
- /baʁ.ba.kan/
- \baʁ.ba.kan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barbacane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barbacane in French?
barbacane appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).