borborygme
French, noun/bɔʁ.bɔ.ʁiɡm/
borborygme is spelled B-O-R-B-O-R-Y-G-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borborygme is a French masculine noun meaning “borborygmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit que font entendre les gaz contenus dans l’abdomen quand ils se déplacent au milieu des liquides…”.
What does borborygme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineborborygmus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit que font entendre les gaz contenus dans l’abdomen quand ils se déplacent au milieu des liquides contenus dans les intestins. 2. Bruit de gaz ou de liquides à l’intérieur de tuyaux ou de conduites. 3. Paroles incompréhensibles.
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 borborygme
- borborygmes plural
- borborisme
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borborygme?
- /bɔʁ.bɔ.ʁiɡm/
- \bɔʁ.bɔ.ʁiɡm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to borborygme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is borborygme in French?
borborygme appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).