barbette
French, noun/baʁ.bɛt/
barbette is spelled B-A-R-B-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbette is a French feminine noun meaning “barbette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femelle de barbet”.
What does barbette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletesmall beard
- 2
archaicfemininecowl
- 3
femininebarbette
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femelle de barbet. 2. Guimpe qui couvre le sein d’une religieuse. 3. Plate-forme d’où l’on tirait le canon à découvert. 4. Ce canon lui-même.
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 barbette
- barbettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbette?
- /baʁ.bɛt/
- \baʁ.bɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barbette in French?
barbette appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).