barbotin
French, noun/baʁ.bɔ.tɛ̃/
barbotin is spelled B-A-R-B-O-T-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbotin is a French masculine noun meaning “sprocket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce du guindeau ou des cabestans formée à l’empreinte des mailles de la ligne de mouillage d’un bateau”.
What does barbotin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesprocket
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce du guindeau ou des cabestans formée à l’empreinte des mailles de la ligne de mouillage d’un bateau. 2. Roue crantée qui entraîne la chenille d’un véhicule, d’un tank.
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 barbotin
- barbotins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barbotin?
- /baʁ.bɔ.tɛ̃/
- \baʁ.bɔ.tɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is barbotin in French?
barbotin appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).