quarterback
French, noun/kwaʁ.təʁ.bak/
quarterback is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-R-B-A-C-K (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quarterback is a French masculine noun meaning “quarterback” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quart-arrière : poste offensif, juste derrière la ligne offensive, au football américain et au football…”.
What does quarterback mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequarterback
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Quart-arrière : poste offensif, juste derrière la ligne offensive, au football américain et au football canadien.
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 quarterback
- quarterbacks plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quarterback?
- /kwaʁ.təʁ.bak/
- \kwaʁ.tœʁ.bak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quarterback
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quarterback in French?
quarterback appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).