gaboriau

1. 1.

   French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873)

   SynonymsEmile Gaboriau

   Broaderwriter

Other forms of gaboriau

plural

gaboriaus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gaboriau

What does gaboriau mean?

gaboriau means "French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873)".

How many syllables are in gaboriau?

gaboriau has 4 syllables: ga-bo-ri-au. The stress falls on "bo".

What is another word for gaboriau?

Close synonyms include Emile Gaboriau. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gaboriau a common word?

gaboriau is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.