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English
Etymology
From French #French|faubourg, alteration of Old French fors bourg ‘settlement outside the ramparts’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈfəʊbʊəg/ (or as French, below)

Noun
en-noun

1. An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.

#*1973: 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. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me. (Penguin 2001, p. 81)

French
Etymology
Old French fors bourg ‘settlement outside the ramparts’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/fobuʀ/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. suburb

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