barboteuse
French, noun/baʁ.bɔ.tøz/
barboteuse is spelled B-A-R-B-O-T-E-U-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barboteuse is a French feminine noun meaning “rompers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui barbote, au sens propre et au sens figuré”.
What does barboteuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerompers
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui barbote, au sens propre et au sens figuré. 2. Femme de mauvaise vie, prostituée. 3. Vêtement pour enfant en bas âge, généralement constitué d’une culotte ample et bouffante et d’un plastron, tenu par des bretelles, et souvent doté d’un boutonnage à l’entrejambe pour rendre plus aisé le changement des couches. 4. Pataugeoire.
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 barboteuse
- barboteuses plural
- barboteur masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barboteuse?
- /baʁ.bɔ.tøz/
- \baʁ.bɔ.tøz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barboteuse in French?
barboteuse appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).