pourboire
French, noun/puʁ.bwaʁ/
pourboire is spelled P-O-U-R-B-O-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pourboire is a French masculine noun meaning “tip (extra money given to e.g. a waiter in appreciation of service)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appoint que l’on donne comme gratification à celui qui touche une note, qui apporte un paquet, qui rend un…”.
What does pourboire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetip (extra money given to e.g. a waiter in appreciation of service)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appoint que l’on donne comme gratification à celui qui touche une note, qui apporte un paquet, qui rend un service quelconque.
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 pourboire
- pourboires plural
- pour-boire dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pourboire?
- /puʁ.bwaʁ/
- \puʁ.bwaʁ\
- [puʁ.bwaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pourboire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pourboire in French?
pourboire appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).