gourbi
French, noun/ɡuʁ.bi/
gourbi is a French masculine noun meaning “gourbi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cabane, hutte d’Afrique du Nord”.
What does gourbi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegourbi
- 2
colloquialmasculineshack, hovel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cabane, hutte d’Afrique du Nord. 2. Habitation misérable et en désordre. 3. Abri dont se servaient les soldats dans les tranchées.
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 gourbi
- gourbis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gourbi?
- /ɡuʁ.bi/
- \ɡuʁ.bi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gourbi in French?
gourbi appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).