bob
French, noun/bɔb/
bob is spelled B-O-B (3 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,674th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bob is a French masculine noun meaning “bucket hat, fishing hat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de chapeau mou, souvent publicitaire”.
What does bob mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebucket hat, fishing hat
noun
- 1
masculinedesignated driver, DD
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de chapeau mou, souvent publicitaire.
noun: 1. Bobsleigh.
noun: 1. Diminutif de bobineau. 2. Son enregistré, initialement sur un bobineau puis par la suite sur support numérique, et destiné à être diffusé à la radio.
noun: 1. Dé à jouer.
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 bob
- bobs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bob?
- /bɔb/
- \bɔb\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bob in French?
bob appears 21 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).