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forban.

pirate

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɔʁ.bɑ̃/
  1. pirate

    archaic · masculine
  2. rogue, scoundrel; an unscrupulous individual capable of any wrongdoing

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French fourban, from Old French forsban, forban (“pirate, privateer, banishment”), deverbal of forbenir (“to banish, to exile”), from Frankish *frabannijan (“to ban, banish”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *bannijaną (“to request, damn, curse”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, pronounce”). Cognate with Dutch verbannen (“to outcast, banish, exile”), German verbannen (“to banish, exile”), Norwegian forbanne (“to curse”). More at for-, ban.

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