rempart
French, noun/ʁɑ̃.paʁ/
rempart is spelled R-E-M-P-A-R-T (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rempart is a French masculine noun meaning “rampart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Levée de terre, ordinairement revêtue de pierres et entourée d’un fossé, qui défend une place”.
What does rempart mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerampart
- 2
masculinebulwark, defence (contre (“against”))
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Levée de terre, ordinairement revêtue de pierres et entourée d’un fossé, qui défend une place. 2. Ce qui sert de défense. 3. Parois vertigineuses qui marquent puissamment le relief de l’île.
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 rempart
- remparts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rempart?
- /ʁɑ̃.paʁ/
- \ʁɑ̃.paʁ\
- [ʁɑ̃.paʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rempart
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rempart in French?
rempart appears 3.4 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).