bickford
French, noun/bik.fɔʁd/
bickford is spelled B-I-C-K-F-O-R-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bickford is a French masculine noun meaning “a safety-fuse used in mining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mèche de sûreté pour mines”.
What does bickford mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea safety-fuse used in mining
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mèche de sûreté pour mines.
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 bickford
- bickfords plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bickford?
- /bik.fɔʁd/
- \bik.fɔʁd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bickford in French?
bickford appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).