bore
French, noun
bore is spelled B-O-R-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bore is a French masculine noun meaning “boron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, boré is a different word: “boron”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 5 et de symbole B, généralement classé parmi les métalloïdes, utilisé…”.
What does bore mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboron
adjective
- 1
boron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique de numéro atomique 5 et de symbole B, généralement classé parmi les métalloïdes, utilisé notamment dans le verre borosilicaté, les borates et certains alliages. 2. Corps simple correspondant à cet élément, solide allotropique, brun (forme amorphe) ou noir à lustre métallique (forme cristalline), très dur et cassant. 3. Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de bore.
adjective: 1. Qui contient du bore.
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 bore
- borée feminine
- borés masculine plural
- borées feminine plural
- bores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bore
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bore in French?
bore appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).