embargo
French, noun/ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo/
embargo is a French masculine noun meaning “embargo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défense faite aux navires qui sont dans un port ou sur une rade d’en sortir sans permission”.
What does embargo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembargo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Défense faite aux navires qui sont dans un port ou sur une rade d’en sortir sans permission. 2. Toute mesure tendant à empêcher la circulation d’un objet. 3. Délai avant de diffuser une information, programme, oeuvre littéraire ou travail de recherche.
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 embargo
- embargos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embargo?
- /ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo/
- \ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embargo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embargo in French?
embargo appears 2.2 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).