barboteur
French, noun/baʁ.bɔ.tœʁ/
barboteur is spelled B-A-R-B-O-T-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barboteur is a French masculine noun meaning “splasher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui barbote, au sens propre et au sens figuré”.
What does barboteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesplasher
- 2
masculinefermentation lock (masculine only)
- 3
masculinedabbling duck
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui barbote.
noun: 1. Celui qui barbote, au sens propre et au sens figuré. 2. Dispositif anti-retour permettant l’évacuation de gaz en surpression dans l’air ambiant à partir d’un contenant, en empêchant tout contact direct entre son contenu et l’air ambiant.
noun: 1. Canard qui trouve principalement sa nourriture à la surface des étendues d'eau.
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 barboteur
- barboteurs plural
- barboteuse feminine
- barboteuses plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barboteur?
- /baʁ.bɔ.tœʁ/
- \baʁ.bɔ.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barboteur in French?
barboteur appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).