bolivar
French, noun/bɔ.li.vaʁ/
bolivar is spelled B-O-L-I-V-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bolivar is a French masculine noun meaning “bolívar (the currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chapeau évasé en vogue en France vers 1820, imité des chapeaux qu’avait coutume de porter Simón Bolívar”.
What does bolivar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebolívar (the currency of Venezuela, divided into 100 céntimos)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chapeau évasé en vogue en France vers 1820, imité des chapeaux qu’avait coutume de porter Simón Bolívar. 2. Sorte de flanelle. 3. Unité monétaire du Venezuela.
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 bolivar
- bolivars plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolivar?
- /bɔ.li.vaʁ/
- \bɔ.li.vaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bolivar in French?
bolivar appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).