sabord
French, noun/sa.bɔʁ/
sabord is spelled S-A-B-O-R-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sabord is a French masculine noun meaning “gunport (hatch in the hull of a ship through which a cannon is fired)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouverture quadrangulaire pratiquée dans la muraille d’un vaisseau et par laquelle le canon tire”.
What does sabord mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegunport (hatch in the hull of a ship through which a cannon is fired)
- 2
masculinescuttle, porthole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouverture quadrangulaire pratiquée dans la muraille d’un vaisseau et par laquelle le canon tire. 2. Mille sabords ! : vieux juron plaisant.
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 sabord
- sabords plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sabord?
- /sa.bɔʁ/
- \sa.bɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sabord in French?
sabord appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).