bolos
French, noun/bɔ.lɔs/
bolos is spelled B-O-L-O-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bolos is a French masculine noun meaning “black market customer; customer to a drug dealer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Client du marché noir, qui achète de la drogue à un dealer”.
What does bolos mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineslangblack market customer; customer to a drug dealer
- 2
derogatorymasculineslanga person that can be scammed or ripped off
- 3
derogatorymasculineslanga lame person, a fool
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Client du marché noir, qui achète de la drogue à un dealer. 2. Synonyme de « gros nul, ringard, bouffon, pigeon, victime ».
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 bolos
- boloss alternative
- bolosse alternative
- bollos
- bolloss
- bollosse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolos?
- /bɔ.lɔs/
- \bɔ.lɔs\
- \bo.los\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bolos in French?
bolos appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).