faubourien
French, adjective/fo.bu.ʁjɛ̃/
faubourien is spelled F-A-U-B-O-U-R-I-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faubourien is a French adjective meaning “working class Parisian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux faubourgs, ou à la population ouvrière des quartiers excentriques d’une grande ville”.
What does faubourien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
working class Parisian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux faubourgs, ou à la population ouvrière des quartiers excentriques d’une grande ville.
noun: 1. Habitant des faubourgs, membre de la population ouvrière des quartiers excentriques de Paris.
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 faubourien
- faubourienne feminine
- faubouriens masculine plural
- faubouriennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faubourien?
- /fo.bu.ʁjɛ̃/
- \fɔ.bu.ʁjɛ̃\
- \fo.bu.ʁjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faubourien in French?
faubourien appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).