forban
French, noun/fɔʁ.bɑ̃/
forban is spelled F-O-R-B-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forban is a French masculine noun meaning “rogue, scoundrel; an unscrupulous individual capable of any wrongdoing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pirate ou voleur de mer, qui naviguait sans commission d’aucun gouvernement, sans lettre de marque ou de…”.
What does forban mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinepirate
- 2
masculinerogue, scoundrel; an unscrupulous individual capable of any wrongdoing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pirate ou voleur de mer, qui naviguait sans commission d’aucun gouvernement, sans lettre de marque ou de lettre de course. 2. Se dit de celui qui est capable de tous les méfaits.
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 forban
- forbans plural
- forbanne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forban?
- /fɔʁ.bɑ̃/
- \fɔʁ.bɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is forban in French?
forban appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).