bisounours
French, noun
bisounours is spelled B-I-S-O-U-N-O-U-R-S (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisounours is a French feminine noun meaning “a childish or naive person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bisounours is a different word: “Care Bear”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne jugée politiquement enfantine ou naïve”.
What does bisounours mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea childish or naive person
noun
- 1
masculineCare Bear
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne jugée politiquement enfantine ou naïve.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is bisounours in French?
bisounours appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).