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bootlegger

French, noun/but.lɛ.ɡœʁ/

bootlegger is a French masculine noun meaning “bootlegger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does bootlegger mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebootlegger

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Marchand illégal, spécialement de l’alcool de contrebande.

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 bootlegger

  • bootleggers plural
  • bootleggeuse feminine

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

How do you pronounce bootlegger?

  • /but.lɛ.ɡœʁ/
  • /but.le.ɡœʁ/
  • \bu.tle.ɡœʁ\

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

English words that translate to bootlegger

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

How common is bootlegger in French?

bootlegger appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).