gabare
French, noun/ɡa.baʁ/
gabare is spelled G-A-B-A-R-E (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). Gabare is a French feminine noun meaning “a barge or scow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voilier à rames, qui sert à naviguer sur les rivières, à charger et à décharger les bâtiments, etc”.
What does gabare mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea barge or scow
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Voilier à rames, qui sert à naviguer sur les rivières, à charger et à décharger les bâtiments, etc. 2. Navire de transport. 3. Filet qui ne diffère de la seine que par la grandeur.
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 gabare
- gabares plural
- gabarre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gabare?
- /ɡa.baʁ/
- \ɡa.baʁ\
- [ɡabaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gabare in French?
gabare 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).