hauban
French, noun/o.bɑ̃/
hauban is spelled H-A-U-B-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauban is a French masculine noun meaning “guy-wire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gros cordage ou fil d’acier qui va du bord du navire à la tête des mâts ou des hunes, où il est fixé avec la…”.
What does hauban mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguy-wire
- 2
masculineshroud
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gros cordage ou fil d’acier qui va du bord du navire à la tête des mâts ou des hunes, où il est fixé avec la raideur convenable, et qui sert principalement à soutenir les mâts contre l’effort du roulis. 2. Échelles de corde par lesquelles on monte dans la mâture. 3. Sorte de câble qui assure la tension des parties d'un avion. 4. Gros cordages dont on se sert pour maintenir les grues, les chèvres.
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 hauban
- haubans plural
- ^((h aspiré))\o.bɑ̃\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hauban?
- /o.bɑ̃/
- ^((h aspiré))\o.bɑ̃\
- [o.bɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hauban
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hauban in French?
hauban appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).