fourbe
French, noun/fuʁb/
fourbe is spelled F-O-U-R-B-E (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fourbe is a French feminine noun meaning “guile, deception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui use de perfidie pour tromper, mentir, etc”.
What does fourbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguile, deception
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedouble-dealer, swindler
adjective
- 1
deceitful, two-faced, treacherous
Un esprit, un caractère, une âme fourbe.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui emploie, pour tromper, une adresse perfide.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui use de perfidie pour tromper, mentir, etc.
noun: 1. Tromperie basse et odieuse. 2. Habitude de tromper, de la disposition à tromper.
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 fourbe
- fourbes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fourbe?
- /fuʁb/
- \fuʁb\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fourbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fourbe in French?
fourbe appears 1.4 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).