flibuster
French, verb/fli.bys.te/
flibuster is spelled F-L-I-B-U-S-T-E-R (9 letters). Flibuster is a French verb meaning “to buccaneer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être flibustier”.
What does flibuster mean in English?
verb
- 1
to buccaneer
- 2
to steal; to filch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être flibustier. 2. Attaquer, comme par la flibuste.
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 flibuster
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- flibustant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- flibusté participle past
- flibuste first-person indicative present
- flibustes indicative present second-person
- flibustons first-person indicative plural
- flibustez indicative plural present
- flibustent indicative plural present
- flibustais first-person imperfect indicative
- flibustait imperfect indicative singular
- flibustions first-person imperfect indicative
- flibustiez imperfect indicative plural
- flibustaient imperfect indicative plural
- flibustai first-person historic indicative
- flibustas historic indicative past
- flibusta historic indicative past
- flibustâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flibuster?
- /fli.bys.te/
- \fli.bys.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.