fourberie
French, noun/fuʁ.bə.ʁi/
fourberie is spelled F-O-U-R-B-E-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fourberie is a French feminine noun meaning “deceit, trickery, guile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tromperie basse et odieuse”.
What does fourberie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeceit, trickery, guile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tromperie basse et odieuse. 2. Disposition à tromper avec une adresse perfide et odieuse.
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 fourberie
- fourberies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fourberie?
- /fuʁ.bə.ʁi/
- \fuʁ.bə.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fourberie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fourberie in French?
fourberie 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).