- faubourg
- In Louisiana,–a suburban town or community.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
faubourg
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faubourg — [ fobur ] n. m. • faux bourg XIVe, altér. de fors borc XIIe; de fors « hors » et borc « bourg »; lat. foris « dehors » et burgus « bourg » 1 ♦ Hist. Partie d une ville qui déborde son enc … Encyclopédie Universelle
Faubourg 36 — Données clés Titre original Faubourg 36 Réalisation Christophe Barratier Scénario Christophe Barratier assisté par Pierre Philippe Acteurs principaux Gérard Jugnot (Pigoil) Clovis Cornillac … Wikipédia en Français
Faubourg — is an ancient French term approximating suburb (now generally termed banlieue ). The earliest form is Forsbourg , derived from Latin foris , out of , and Vulgur Latin (originally Germanic) burgum , town or fortress . Traditionally, this name was… … Wikipedia
Faubourg — Fau bourg (f[=o] b[=oo]r ; E. f[=o] b[=oo]rg), n. [F.] A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Faubourg — (fr., spr. Fohburg), Vorstadt; die vorzüglichsten F s in Paris, s.d … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Faubourg — (franz., spr. fobūr), Vorstadt … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Faubourg — (frz., spr. fobuhr), Vorstadt … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Faubourg — (frz. fobuhr), Vorstadt … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
faubourg — index frontier Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
faubourg — suburb, late 15c., from M.Fr. faux bourg, said by French authorities to be from O.Fr. forsbourc (12c.) suburbs, outskirts, lit. that which is outside the town, from fors outside (from L. foris) + bourc town, of Frankish origin (cognate with… … Etymology dictionary
faubourg — [fō bo͞or′; ] E [ fō′boor΄, fō′boorg΄] n. [Fr for earlier faux bourg, lit., false town, folk etym. form of OFr forsbourc, lit., outside town, hence suburb < fors (Fr hors), outside + bourg, town] in France, a) a suburb b) a city district that… … English World dictionary
