blouse
French, noun
blouse is spelled B-L-O-U-S-E (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blouse is a French feminine noun meaning “uniform or coat with buttons down the front” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of blouser. With an accent, blousé is a different word: “past participle of blouser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vêtement de travail ouvert par-devant et qui se porte par-dessus les autres”.
What does blouse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineuniform or coat with buttons down the front
blouse d'hôpital
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineany one of the holes on a billiards table
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of blouser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vêtement de travail ouvert par-devant et qui se porte par-dessus les autres. 2. Sorte de chemise, chemisier. 3. Sorte de corsage porté par les femmes.
noun: 1. Chacun des six trous du billard. ^([1]) 2. Pièce qui sert de moule. ^([1])
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.
Forms of blouse
- blouses plural
- belouse alternative
- belouzes alternative
- blousée feminine
- blousés masculine plural
- blousées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to blouse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blouse in French?
blouse appears 2.6 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).