franc-bord
French, noun/fʁɑ̃.bɔʁ/
franc-bord is a French masculine noun meaning “freeboard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terrain laissé libre sur le bord et le long d’une rivière, d’un canal, en particulier entre le cours d’eau et…”.
What does franc-bord mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefreeboard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terrain laissé libre sur le bord et le long d’une rivière, d’un canal, en particulier entre le cours d’eau et le chemin de halage ou le marchepied. 2. Bordage qui couvre un vaisseau de la quille à la préceinte.
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 franc-bord
- franc-bords plural
- francs-bords plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce franc-bord?
- /fʁɑ̃.bɔʁ/
- \fʁɑ̃.bɔʁd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to franc-bord
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.