Beaufort

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Beaufort

/ˈbəʊfət/ UK
/ˈbəʊfɔː(ɹ)/ UK
/ˈboʊfəɹt/ US
/ˈbjuːfəɹt/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Beaufort, from beau (“beautiful”) + fort (“fort”).

proper noun

A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania.
A commune in Hérault department, Occitania.
A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France.
A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
A town and commune in Echternach canton, eastern Luxembourg.
An English habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin.
Francis Beaufort, British admiral and hydrographer.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
A town in Sabah, Malaysia, named after Leicester Paul Beaufort.
A town, the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina.
A city, the county seat of Beaufort County, South Carolina.
A village in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref V 8792).
A suburban village and community in Blaenau Gwent borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1711).
A locality (previously official) in Barcaldine Region, Queensland.
A locality in Wakefield council area, South Australia.
A town in the Shire of Pyrenees, central western Victoria, Australia.

noun Beauforts

countable, uncountable A type of French cheese originally from Beaufort-sur-Doron.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mackenzie, region, castle, citadel, beauchamp, bellefontaine, beauval, beaumont, varennes, villefranche, belle fontaine, belleville, brest, beaune, frankland, butten

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name Francis Beaufort

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@misc{beaufort_2026,
  title = {Beaufort},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beaufort},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}