fourbu
French, adjective/fuʁ.by/
fourbu is spelled F-O-U-R-B-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fourbu is a French adjective meaning “worn out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie un équidé ou bovidé qui a une inflammation du tissu réticulaire du pied”.
What does fourbu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
worn out
- 2
exhausted
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un équidé ou bovidé qui a une inflammation du tissu réticulaire du pied. 2. Qui est harassé de fatigue. 3. Usé.
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 fourbu
- fourbue feminine
- fourbus masculine plural
- fourbues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fourbu?
- /fuʁ.by/
- \fuʁ.by\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fourbu in French?
fourbu appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).