bollard
\bɔ.laʁ\
The verdict
“bollard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bitte d’amarrage, élément fixe situé sur le quai pour amarrer un bateau dans les ports.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bollard · bollard · French
bollard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bollard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.laʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bollard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bollard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.laʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bollard has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bollard, spelled B-O-L-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Bitte d’amarrage, élément fixe situé sur le quai pour amarrer un bateau dans les ports.
- 2Élément physique marquant la séparation d’une zone piétonnière d'une voie routière. Dans ce sens, on dit aussi borne de protection, borne d’interdiction ou potelet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bollard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le câble peut ensuite être assujetti à un bollard d’amarrage.
L’une pilote tandis que l’autre accroche prestement le cordage au bollard qui sert à tenir le bateau pendant l’éclusée.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.