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bobo

French, noun/bo.bo/

bobo is spelled B-O-B-O (4 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bobo is a French masculine noun meaning “boo-boo (pain or injury)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Douleur légère, petit mal, plaie sans gravité”.

What does bobo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineboo-boo (pain or injury)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinebobo, boho

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Douleur légère, petit mal, plaie sans gravité. 2. Mal ; dégât ; grabuge.

noun: 1. Bourgeois-bohème.

noun: 1. (Histoire littéraire) Personnage traditionnel du théâtre espagnol. Bouffon, singe du maître.

adjective: 1. Relatif à la catégorie citadine aisée des bobos. Qui partage leur façon de vivre, leur langage et leurs opinions.

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 bobo

  • bobos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bobo?

  • /bo.bo/
  • \bo.bo\
  • \bɔ.bɔ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bobo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bobo in French?

bobo appears 4.3 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).

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