faubourg

[ foh-boor, -boorg; French foh-boor ]

noun

, plural fau·bourgs [foh, -b, oo, rz, -b, oo, rgz, foh-, boor].

1. a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.

faubourg

/ fobur; ˈfəʊbʊəɡ /

noun

1. a suburb or quarter, esp of a French city

Word History and Origins

Origin of faubourg¹

1425–75; late Middle English faubourgh < Middle French fau ( x ) bourg, alteration, by association with faux false, of Old French forsborc, equivalent to fors- outside of (< Latin forīs outside; foreign ) + borc city ≪ Germanic ( borough )

Word History and Origins

Origin of faubourg¹

C15: from French fauxbourg , perhaps a modification through folk etymology of Old French forsborc , from Latin foris outside + Old French borc burg

Example Sentences

Mrs. Wharton was perhaps too formal even for the faubourg.

From The New Yorker

Morton was not as tolerant as Bernard’s generation, and like many of his upper-class contemporaries in the faubourg shunned former slaves as uncouth.

From The Guardian

Centuries-old tanneries along the Bièvre — the impoverished “faubourg of misery,” as it was called, but a community rich in history and pride — got the boot, too.

From New York Times

As if one plague were not enough, the city is still alive in the distant faubourgs with revolts.

From Project Gutenberg

In the month of January, 1831, Sister Catherine received the holy habit of a Daughter of Charity; and she was then sent to the hospital of Enghien in the faubourg Saint Antoine of Paris.

From Project Gutenberg