bogey
French, noun/bɔ.ɡɛ/
bogey is spelled B-O-G-E-Y (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 79,170th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bogey is a French masculine noun meaning “bogey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contre-performance d’un joueur ou d’une joueuse qui joue un coup au-dessus du par”.
What does bogey mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebogey
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contre-performance d’un joueur ou d’une joueuse qui joue un coup au-dessus du par.
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 bogey
- bogeys plural
- boguey alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bogey?
- France /bɔ.ɡɛ/
- Quebec /bɔ.ɡe/
- Quebec /bɔ.ɡi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bogey
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bogey in French?
bogey appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).