faubourg

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

noun,plural fau·bourgs

[foh-boorz, -boorgz; French foh-boor]. /ˈfoʊ bʊərz, -bʊərgz; French foʊˈbur/.

a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.

Origin of faubourg

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

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How to use faubourg in a sentence

I wondered if my face would ever hang in the windows of the luxury flagship shops along the faubourg Saint-Honoré.
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This family passed the winter season at Paris in a magnificent mansion on faubourg du Roule.
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After this the faubourg St.-Germain became more lively, and certain houses were opened to a wider circle of guests.
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Nevertheless, the faubourg St.-Germain avoided attracting the public eye by any conspicuous festivities, and this had two effects.
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I learned well, also, a certain prison, and a part of the ancient city called faubourg St. Germain.
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You were a startling fellow, dropping on the faubourg; and anything was possible under the Empire.
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British Dictionary definitions for faubourg

faubourg

/ (ˈfəʊbʊəɡ, French fobur) /

noun

a suburb or quarter, esp of a French city

Origin of faubourg

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

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