barbote
French, noun
barbote is a French feminine noun meaning “bullhead (or similar fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of barboter. With an accent, barboté is a different word: “past participle of barboter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom commun de deux poissons de rivière, la lotte (ou lote) et la loche”.
What does barbote mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebullhead (or similar fish)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of barboter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom commun de deux poissons de rivière, la lotte (ou lote) et la loche. 2. Fouille d'un malfaiteur avant son incarcération. 3. Visite sanitaire obligatoire que doivent subir les prostituées.
noun: 1. Appareil destiné dans une papeterie, à déchiqueter les papiers de récupération.
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 barbote
- barbotes plural
- barbotée feminine
- barbotés masculine plural
- barbotées feminine plural
- barbotte
- bourbotte
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is barbote in French?
barbote appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).