English

Noun

faubourg ‎(plural faubourgs)

1. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
   • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me. (Penguin 2001, page 81:

     By the time that I was quite clear of the city's unlovely faubourgs and purlieus I needed petrol: the Silver Ghost is a lovely car but its best friend would have to admit that its m.'s per g. are few.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French fors bourg ‎(“settlement outside the ramparts”)^[1], from Old French fors ‎(“outside”) + bourg ‎(“town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fobuʁ/

Noun

faubourg m ‎(plural faubourgs)

1. suburb

References

1. ↑ bourg; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, ISBN 978-2-84902-424-9