blouse
/ˈblaʊ̯s/noun, verb
blouse is spelled B-L-O-U-S-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blouse means “A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blouse is blouses.
How many letters and syllables are in blouse?
| Letters | 6: B-L-O-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blouse?
Blouse appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blouse?
- UK /ˈblaʊ̯z/
- US /ˈblaʊ̯s/
- /ˈblɐʊ̯s/
Blouse has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blouse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blouse?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blouse from its last stressed vowel (/aʊs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: boules, obelus.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blouse
- blouses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blousing participle, present
- bloused participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blouse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
- 2
A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
- 3
A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
- 4
IndiaA short garment worn under a sari.
- 5
slanga feminine top in gay sex
- 6
Alternative form of blouze.
- 7
Alternative form of blowze.
verb
- 1
To hang a garment in loose folds.
- 2
To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
- 3
The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blouse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blouse come from?
1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).