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fare

French, noun

fare is spelled F-A-R-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fare is a French feminine noun meaning “A tradition of going fishing as part of celebrating the fishing festival, typically held around May, banned in 1679 to conserve freshwater…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, faré is a different word: “Variant of fare”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pêche solennelle que les pêcheurs faisaient pour leur fête, vers le mois de mai, et qui fut interdite en…”.

What does fare mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineA tradition of going fishing as part of celebrating the fishing festival, typically held around May, banned in 1679 to conserve freshwater fish populations.

noun

  1. 1

    masculineOf a saltworks, a reservoir around the perimeter, forming the compartment of a series of heating pools.

noun

  1. 1

    masculineA traditional Polynesian house.

noun

as faré
  1. 1

    masculineVariant of fare.

  2. 2

    masculineTraditional Polynesian house, made lightly out of plant materials, or a structure of similar appearance.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pêche solennelle que les pêcheurs faisaient pour leur fête, vers le mois de mai, et qui fut interdite en 1670, parce qu’elle dépeuplait les rivières.

noun: 1. Dans un marais salant, compartiment de la série des chauffoirs.

noun: 1. Habitation polynésienne traditionnelle.

noun: 1. Variante de fare. 2. Abri léger en matériaux végétaux : bois, paille, feuilles de cocotier ou de pandanus.

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 fare

  • fares plural
  • farés plural
  • faré

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is fare in French?

fare 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).

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